Jack wants to write an opinion piece about whether it’s better to ride your bike than ride in a car. Read his graphic organizer and answer the question. Topic: Riding bikes rather than riding in cars

Arguments For:
Gives you exercise
Better for the environment

Arguments Against:
Faster to go in a car
Easier if you have a lot to carry

My opinion:

Jack finds another reason: “Weather, like rain or snow.” Where should this reason go in his graphic organizer?
A. as his opinion statement
B. with the topic information
C. in the “Arguments For” column
D. in the “Arguments Against” column

Read the excerpt below from the poem "exile" by julia alvarez and answer the question that follows. i let myself lie back in deep waters, my arms out like jesus' on his cross, and instead of sinking down like i'd always done, magically, that night, i could stay up, floating out past the driveway, past the gates, in the black ford, papi grim at the wheel, winding through the back roads, stroke by difficult stroke, out on the highway, heading toward the coast. which literary device is used in the comparison between the speaker's experience of fleeing the country and floating in the ocean? i let myself lie back in deep waters, my arms out like jesus' on his cross, and instead of sinking down like i'd always done, magically, that night, i could stay up, extended metaphor symbolism simile theme