Read the paragraph below and search for the fourteen nouns. write the nouns in the spaces provided. when cassandra left for work, she was thinking about all the unfinished tasks awaiting her attention when her normal workday was completed. before driving home, she would have to grab a few items at the local supermarket, pick up the dry cleaning, check on her dog at the veterinarian clinic, and check on her mother who was recuperating from a bout with the flu.

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.