-Read this excerpt from Emily Dickinson’s “Hope is the thing with feathers” "Hope" is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul
And sings the tune without the words
And never stops – at all
What is being compared to hope in the excerpt's central metaphor?
A. A bird
B. Hope
C. Flight
D. Feathers

Which lines foreshadow macbeths eventual killing of the king

Read the following excerpt from life on the mississippi by mark twain. no girl could withstand his charms. he "cut out" every boy in the village. when his boat blew up at last, it diffused a tranquil contentment among us such as we had not known for months. but when he came home the next week, alive, renowned, and appeared in church all battered up and bandaged, a shining hero, stared at and wondered over by everybody, it seemed to us that the partiality of providence for an undeserving reptile had reached a point where it was open to criticism. how does twain's use of understatement serve his purpose? be sure to use specific details from the text to support your answer.

Which words and phrases connect the ideas in this excerpt from a compare and contrast essay? the team considered using products made by company a and company b. however, the budget and concerns about learning about two products meant that they needed to choose only one. they realized that the product from company a was of excellent quality, to company b's product.