Which of these sentences from this passage shows a shift in the voice? a. nakamura waited in the dark bathroom and stayed silent throughout the noises. b. as if the moments could not last longer, he heard the footsteps getting closer. c. he breathed, shivered, prayed again, and slowly emerged from the bathroom. or d. nakamura was not seen by the stranger, and he slowly snuck into the bathroom

What is missing from the data dump outline for this persuasive essay body paragraph? a.provide 2nd example-data b.claim c.provide 1st example-data

Read the stanza below from the poem “tattoo” by gregg shapiro and answer the question that follows. if i could trade places with him i would pad the rest of his days wrap him in gauze and velvet absorb the shocks and treat his wounds i would scrub the numbers from his flesh extinguish the fire and give him back his life what does shapiro use to create the conceit in the lines above? a) he carries one line of poetry onto the next. b) he paints vivid word pictures that trigger the imagination by appealing to the five senses. c) he directly expresses a metaphor using like, as, or than. d) he uses physical protection to represent emotional protection.

Langston hughes cited walt whitman as one of his greatest influences and some believe that hughes wrote "i, too, sing america" in response to whitman's "i hear america singing." using on whitman's poem. consider aspects such as structure, there, word, choice, etc., as you craft your response. your response will be scored on how well you: -demonstrate your understanding of the ideas of the text -use evidence from the text to develop and support your ideas -organize your response in a logical manner -demonstrate an appropriate writing style through the use of precise word choice and varied sentences -use standard conventions for writing