Read the paragraph.

the nobel prize in literature was awarded to naguib mahfouz in 1988. he was the first arabic writer to win the prize. mahfouz was born in cairo, egypt, and many of his novels are set in that city.

which revision puts the underlined sentence into the active voice?

the 1988 nobel prize in literature was awarded to naguib mahfouz.
in 1988, the nobel prize in literature was given to naguib mahfouz.
naguib mahfouz won the nobel prize in literature in 1988.
the nobel prize in literature was won by naguib mahfouz in 1988.

Which line in this excerpt from the great gatsby by f. scott fitzgerald contains a simile? about half way between west egg and new york the motor-road hastily joins the railroad and runs beside it for a quarter of a mile, so as to shrink away from a certain desolate area of land. this is a valley of ashes—a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens where ashes take the forms of houses and chimneys and rising smoke and finally, with a transcendent effort, of men who move dimly and already crumbling through the powdery air. occasionally a line of grey cars crawls along an invisible track, gives out a ghastly creak and comes to rest, and immediately the ash-grey men swarm up with leaden spades and stir up an impenetrable cloud which screens their obscure operations from your sight.

Which war does jonas have a memory about? in the giver.

Discuss two of this excerpt's themes. how does shakespeare develop these two themes over the of the entire play? support your argument with evidence from the text. (30 points) course