My mother roared like the ocean, "No. No. It's their beach. It's their beach." The poet compares the speaker's mother to the ocean to show where her child runs. how beautiful she is. how loud she yells. who owns the beach.

Story:the kite fighters what is the main idea of paragraphs 7 through 9 of "the kite fighters"

Based on the story Jin Wang hears from his mother at the beginning of American Born Chinese, what can you guess is most important to Jin Wang's parents? A) Friendship B) Culture C) Money D) Education

True or False: The sentence below correctly uses a comma before the quote. "Diane," she said, "put the book down and go outside for a little while."

I learned that to this unending torment Have been condemned the sinners of the flesh, Those who surrender reason to self-will.

To find the direct object, ask "whom?" or "what?" after the verb True False

Which of the following characterizes the literary production of the English Renaissance? A. the use of the English language. B. a distancing from the literature of the ancient past. C. the preaching of strict morals based on Protestant ideals

He last section of the story is a flash forward. Readers must infer what happens in the intervening time between Sergei's conversation with the fish and Yoni's final report on his video.

Why did the author say that Mrs. Jenning's prophesies were "rather jumbled?" Select all that apply.

Lynette is very caring. She always thinks about other people. Which of the following words describes Lynette? (A) patient (B) reliable (C) considerate (D) independent

Which of the following is true about technical articles? A. The purpose of technical articles is to convey an opinion. B. Technical articles are used to question, but never to explain or instruct. C.