That winter, it was cold almost every day. I walked to school in the snow and warmed myself up by creating dance steps along the way.
One day, an older woman stuck her head out of a storefront. The sign
on the store's awning read "Dance Studio in large black letters. "You're
pretty good," she told me. "You could be great." In that moment, I was a
newborn baby, seeing the world for the first time.
Biography of George Benjamin
The dancer George Benjamin did not discover his talent for me
until he was 15. This was later than most of his peers. Most of ti
had been dancing since they were old enough to walk. A chance
encounter with an elderly ballerina introduced him to formal dance
training. From that moment, he was hooked.
Which sentence best explains the main difference in the way the two
passages use a literary device?

A. The memoir uses a traditional chronological structure, while the
biography uses foreshadowing to suggest what is to come.
B. The memoir uses descriptive imagery to set the scene visually,
while the biography relies on a metaphor to summarize the events
from George's perspective.
C. The memoir uses a metaphor to emphasize the emotional effect
of the encounter on George, while the biography focuses on
comparing George with others.
D. The memoir uses personification to set the scene, while the
biography relies on similes to accomplish the same goal

B.

The memoir uses descriptive imagery to set the scene visually,

while the biography relies on a metaphor to summarize the events

from George's perspective.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

identify the subordinate clause in each of the following sentences. tell whether each clause is used as an adjective, an adverb, or a noun.

11.) emily dickinson, who was born in 1830in amherst, massachusetts, was a great american poet.

12.) she appeared to lead a fairly normal life until she became a recluse in her family's home.

13.) there she wrote poems that literary critics now call "great american poetry".

14.) unfortunately, only a few of dickinson's poems were published while she was alive.

15.) after she died in 1886, her other poems were published.

16.) i think everyone should reaad at least some of dickonson's poetry.

17.) dickinson is a poet whose work i now read often.

18.) the poems i have just finished reading are "a narrow fellow in the grass" and "apparently with no surprise"

19.) the rythyms of dickonson's poems are best appreciated when you read the poems aloud.

20.) whatever i read by emily dickonson surprises amd inspires me.