LOUD I LIKE TO PLAY MY MUSIC UP LOUD! I LOVE WHEN I CAN FEEL THE BEAT, VIBRATING THROUGH MY SEAT. MY MOM SAYS MY LOUD MUSIC WILL MAKE ME DEAF, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT'S TRUE! DO YOU? Poets often play with words and punctuation to create a special effect in the poem. Why did the poet choose to use only capital letters? A: to convince readers to play their music loud B: to persuade readers to wear their headphones C: to show that the speaker is hard of hearing D: to show that the speaker's mom is wrong

Hillenbrand writes, "as louie blazed through college, far away, history was turning" (p. 43). why does the author interrupt louie's narrative with information about japan and germany?

Read the excerpt from "save the redwoods."another, one of the finest in the grove, more than three hundred feet high, was skinned alive to a height of one hundred and sixteen feet from the ground and the bark sent to london to show how fine and big that calaveras tree was—as sensible a scheme as skinning our great men would be to prove their greatness.which  best  describes how the excerpt appeals to readers’ emotions? the excerpt provides facts about the tree, which impresses readers’ scientific minds.the excerpt describes how the tree traveled to london, which excites the readers’ sense of adventure.the excerpt compares the tree to a person, which makes readers feel sympathetic toward the tree.the excerpt explains how to skin a tree, which makes readers feel awed at the height of the tree.

Read the poem. "there is no frigate like a book" (1263) by emily dickinson there is no frigate like a book to take us lands away, nor any coursers like a page of prancing poetry-- this traverse may the poorest take without oppress of toll-- how frugal is the chariot that bears the human soul. what is the primary metaphor in this poem? question 1 options: the reading experience is compared to taking a journey. a ship is compared to a book. a horse is compared to a page. a chariot is compared to a soul.