Read this student’s rough draft. The crew of community helpers descended the riverbank, each member wondering what was in store for their day of service. They wore protective gloves and toted trash bags, and they hoped they could make a difference for the environment. As soon as they reached the clearing by the riverbank, they knew they would be busy.

What sentence would best add descriptive details to the end of this paragraph?

The river was an important artery for the small town, and industry depended on it.
Aluminum cans littered the shore, and floating debris cluttered the shallow water.
The work crew was an environmental science club from the local middle school.
Fisherman also visited the water that day, in search of the bass indigenous to the area.

20 points plus brainlest answer if right.joe nesbo, a travelling salesman, was staying at a hotel for business. he was having a dinner meeting that night, so he decided to take a nap in the middle of the afternoon. he was awakened by a knock at the door, and then a man walked in. “oh my, i’m terribly sorry, this isn’t my room. , pardon the intrusion.” the man calmly backed out and left. nesbo got up and locked the door – something he forgot to do before his nap – and lay back down on the bed. but then he shot up in bed and called the lobby to tell them there was a burglar on the prowl. what made nesbo think that?

Which element relies on logic, credibility, and emotion? (5 points) rhetorical devices theme statements purpose statements thesis statements

Read the excerpt below from the poem "exile" by julia alvarez and answer the question that follows. i let myself lie back in deep waters, my arms out like jesus' on his cross, and instead of sinking down like i'd always done, magically, that night, i could stay up, floating out past the driveway, past the gates, in the black ford, papi grim at the wheel, winding through the back roads, stroke by difficult stroke, out on the highway, heading toward the coast. which literary device is used in the comparison between the speaker's experience of fleeing the country and floating in the ocean? i let myself lie back in deep waters, my arms out like jesus' on his cross, and instead of sinking down like i'd always done, magically, that night, i could stay up, extended metaphor symbolism simile theme