The bright sun blinded me as I stepped outdoors. The garden looked distressingly poor, even with all the watering I had done and the brief rain

A writer makes a forceful contrast between expectations and reality, creating a suprise ending for readers. Which literary device is the author using

How does daisy in the great gatsby react to the death of myrtle?

A group of lines is called a

Around the winters holidays store owners keep longer hours because they know holiday shoppers bring in extra money. How should this sentence be corrected?

Which sentence has an infinitive that functions as an adverb? A. After the study of lizards, the naturalist planned to travel to remote lizard habitats. B.

Some antonyms of "subtle" are ... Select one: beautiful, attractive understated, quiet stupid, oblivious loud, obvious

Read this excerpt from "Edward Jenner in the History of Smallpox and Vaccination". Scientific advances during the two centuries since Edward Jenner performed his first vaccination on James Phipps have proved him to be more right than wrong.

Read the stanza from Shakespeare's "Sonnet 18." Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date: What is the purpose of these

Which sentence fixes the double negative? Charlene has never had no pets. Charlene hasn't had no pets. Charlene has never had pets. Charlene hasn't never had pets. Charlene never had no pets.

Choose two of the short stories you just read. In a well-organized and thoughtful essay, compare and contrast the coming of age experiences of the protagonists. Use ample support from the stories to prove that you read them thoughtfully.