The text in lines 10–12, "highway medians . . . looked like the seed-packet promises come true," provides support for which of the following excerpts from the essay? A "The spring of 1998 was the Halley’s Comet of desert wildflower years." (lines 1–2) B "Our mountains wore mantles of yellow brittlebrush on their rocky shoulders . . ." (lines 6–7) C "While nearly everyone else on the planet was cursing the soggy consequences of El Niño’s downpours . . ." (lines 2–3) D "Our desert hills and valleys were colorized in wild schemes of maroon, . . ." (lines 4–5)

Read the excerpt from "annabel lee," by edgar allan poe. and this was the reason that, long ago, in this kingdom by the sea, a wind blew out of a cloud, chilling my beautiful annabel lee; so that her highborn kinsmen came and bore her away from me, to shut her up in a sepulchre in this kingdom by the sea. how does the rhythm of the excerpt support the theme of the poem? the rhythm changes on the phrase “a kingdom by the sea,” emphasizing poe’s distrust of a monarchy. the rhythm changes on the phrase “bore her away from me,” emphasizing poe’s desire to be reunited the rhythm changes on the words “chilling” and “sepulchre,” emphasizing poe’s complaint about unexpected death. the rhythm changes on the words “lee” and “me,” emphasizing poe’s fear that his bond with his love is fragile.

In at least 150 words, discuss the comparison described in the figurative language and how the connotative language reinforces the symbol. be sure to include a definition if your terms

Imagine you are reading a story about a character named dray. dray is captain of the basketball team and practices for hours after school in order to achieve his goals of playing in the nba. one day, dray decides that he hates basketball. he quits the team and takes up knitting instead. what is the introduction of this new plot point is an example of a. an anticlimaxb. a conclusionc. a contrivanced. a climax