Fog

carl sandburg

the fog comes on little cat feet.
it sits looking over
harbor and city
on silent haunches
and then moves on.

this poem uses which figurative device?
a) hyperbole
b) metaphor
c) oxymoron
d) simile

Which information would the reader know if the mother were the narrator? select each correct answer. what the father thought about his wife's involvement in politics

What details of the first two paragraphs convey a sense of the ordinary, behind the scenes routines of film critics?

The story line remains the same. the kids live in what was then one of the remaining beachfront slums, down the coast from the expensive malibu area. the beach was ruled by surfers, but in the afternoon, when the waves died down, some of the surfers, or their younger brothers, fooled around on skateboards. one day, skip engblom, the shop owner, comes up with a key breakthrough, polyurethane wheels: "they grip." with the additional traction, the z-boys try skating the sides of the big, open drainage canal that runs through the area. then comes a brainstorm: because of a drought, the area's swimming pools were drained. the kids started "borrowing" pools when the owners weren't home, to skate the curved sides.” where did “the lords of dogtown” originally practice their tricks? a. the beach c. an open drainage canal b. empty pools d. none of these