why does Turner buckminister (from Lizzie Brught and the Buckminister boy) keep mentioning the whale?

Which word identifies the purpose of the essay? a. direction b. directive c. defectiveness d. none of these select the best answer from the choices provided a b c d

On one hand, i aspire to an ivy league vocation: 1 professor of the sciences in higher education. 2 but like noble amphibians that thrive on land and in the stream, 3 i've got another world of which i like to gladly dream. 4 some say that it's abnormal; my affections are exclusive. 5 in science, they say, emotions are something quite elusive. 6 line 3 exemplifies which kind of figurative language? a) hyperbole b) metaphor c) onomatopoeia d) simile

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?  a. under a microscope; the organisms look a bit like ruffled tennis balls they have armored plates that fit together to make a round shape. b. when the water is disturbed; the organisms respond by glowing this makes swimmers look like floating beams of blue light. c. there is a bay in puerto rico that seems to light up at night; the light comes from tiny organisms in the water. d. the luminescence attracts visitors from around the world people are curious to see; this beautiful otherworldly sight.