Read this excerpt from the way to rainy mountain. great green and yellow grasshoppers are everywhere in the tall grass, popping up like corn to sting the flesh, and tortoises crawl about on the red earth, going nowhere in the plenty of time. why does the author use the simile "popping up like corn to sting the flesh" in this excerpt? to reveal that nature is harsh to humans to convey a long span of time to paint a picture of the heat of the summer to show the movement of the grasshoppers

Which of the following statements from "letter from birmingham jail" does not specifically dr. king to establish credibility with the white clergymen? question 6 options: just as the apostle paul left his village of tarsus and carried the gospel of jesus christ to the far corners of the greco roman world, so am i compelled to carry the gospel of freedom beyond my own town. my dear fellow clergymen: while confined here in the birmingham city jail, i came across your recent statement calling my present activities "unwise and untimely." i have the honor of serving as president of the southern christian leadership conference, an organization operating in every southern state, with headquarters in atlanta, georgia.

What do you call a person who is mean in school?

Thomas paine's common sense convicted colonists to