Ryan and tristan are roommates and friends. in the middle of the night, ryan travels to tokyo in search of his older brother jake, who abandoned him years earlier. when ryan finds his brother, jake is in trouble, and ryan agrees to let the past go and him. meanwhile, ryan and tristan's apartment is burglarized, and tristan's treasured antique pocket watch is stolen. after days of searching, tristan finds the thief and learns his reasons for the theft. tristan forgives the thief and offers to him get back on his feet. ryan returns home, and he and tristan recount their adventures to each other. which literary device does the passage contain? o a. foreshadowing o b. parallel plots c. anticlimax

Choose one group member who participated in your discussion. in 100-150 words, evaluate the effectiveness of their main argument and supporting evidence. using your notes, explain whether or not their claims were developed well, what evidence they used to support their claim, and how well they responded to the prompt. is there anything they could have done to be more effective? if so, what was it?

Read these lines from denise levertov's poem "in thai binh (peace) province": it is that life, unhurried, sure, persistent, i must bring home when i try to bring the war home. child, river, light. here the future, fabled bird that has migrated way from america, nests, and breeds, and sings, common as any sparrow. which statement best interprets the author's use of metaphor in these lines? a. the metaphor of home suggests that american foreign policy should turn inward. b. the metaphor of the river suggests that life moves ear forward. c. the metaphor of the fabled bird suggests that the war has left americans divided. d. the metaphor of the fabled bird suggests that vietnam will rise to fight again.

Which statement best describes the effect of the metaphor on the excerpt's meaning? o a. it compares the sloshing liquid to a river of water able to push apart the sidewalk o b. it makes the frozen crystals seem like friends to the city to contrast with what a deceitful foe they are. o c. it compares the frozen crystals to delicately lacy snowflakes having arn unexpected strength o d. it likens h20 molecules to hexagonal crystals, which are actually larger than people imagine.