PLEASE ANSWER QUICK 1. How can context clues help us understand complex comparisons, metaphors and similes?

2. Explain the use of "hammer" in the following sentence: His skill at hammering baseballs helped Aaron become a successful baseball player.

3. Explain the use of "stand" is being used in the following sentence: Aaron could stand a lot of pressure, too. Roaring crowds, raging coaches, and the icy looks of his opponents could not shake his determination.​

Read the excerpt from chapter 6 of  animal farm. by the autumn the animals were tired but happy. they had had a hard year, and after the sale of part of the hay and corn, the stores of food for the winter were none too plentiful, but the windmill compensated for everything. it was almost half built now. how does the pacing of this passage affect the reader’s interpretation of the text? a flashback to earlier events provides a pause in the pacing to slow events down. foreshadowing of events provides information as to what will happen to the windmill. the pace of the text quickens to convey the characters’ resolve to finish the windmill. the pace of the text quickens to move the story to its climax, the completion of the windmill.

Make sure the topic of your persuasive essay is not a. something someone else is writing about b. a fact c. something you have written about before

Write a literary analysis essay about an intercalary chapter of the grapes of wrath. your essay should examine how the structure and language support the overall purpose, and it should include specific examples from the text to support your claim. your essay should include the following elements: • a claim that takes a clear stand on the author's purpose, supported by main points • evidence from the text that supports your claim and main points • commentary that the reader understand how your evidence should be interpreted • an introduction, body and conclusion that organize the content of your essay