How does the author use personification in this scene? He uses adjectives to describe the animals. He makes the fight between two animals seem like a boxing match. He includes humans in the background. He describes Nagaina lowering her hood.

Read the excerpt below and answer the question. for a long time she held her neck erect; then her head sank, slowly. her ribs swelled with a mighty heave and she went over. as it is used in this excerpt from “the man who was almost a man,” the phrase “went over” most likely means died escaped jumped vomited

Constructed response paragraph: after reading “the case for short words,” do you think the author makes a convincing case that short words are effective? explain your answer and support it with evidence from the selection.

How does the mother defend her child to the old duck