Create a paraphrase of the following sentence from "The Cold Equations:" There could be no alternative-but it required a few moments of conditioning for even an EDS pilot to prepare himself to walk across the room and coldly, deliberately, take the life of a man he had yet to meet.

Read the excerpt below and answer the question. …the leaves dead are driven, like ghosts from an enchanter fleeing, (shelley's "ode to the west wind," stanza 1, lines 2-3) which of the following literary techniques are present in this excerpt? select all that apply. enjambment personification sibilance simile