Iopened the door and threw my backpack on the couch like i always did before heading toward the kitchen to grab a snack, but a loud humming noise coming from behind the door gave me pause. what was that? i cautiously put my hand to the door and gave it a push. at which point in the action does this story begin? a. the end b. an unknown point c. the beginning d. the middle

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.

Besides the skull and cross bones what other shape sometimes appeared on flags flown by pirates?

In the odyssey - teiresias, when teiresias describes the conflicts that odysseus will face, how do these conflicts relate to the story's theme? the conflicts describe the theme. the conflicts contrast with the theme. the conflicts reveal the theme. the conflicts hide the theme.