Read the following passage: "My mom never went anywhere without tissues. Dad always carried his pocketknife. I've added my own must-have to our family
list. I believe there is no more useful thing to carry than a set of earplugs. As the world gets noisier and more crowded, a bit of portab
peace and quiet is all that stands between me and madness. Every movie seems to crank up the soundtrack more than the last. The bus
the gym, and the grocery store all ech) with shouted phone calls. Revving engines and barking dogs turn neighborhood walks into an
audio obstacle course. When I pop those soft foam lifesavers into my ears, the loud edges of the world soften and retreat. I can hear my
own thoughts again. I can find peace."
The main idea of the reading is that earplugs are useful. Which of the sentences below IS NOT a supporting detail for that idea?
The bus, the gym, and the grocery store all echo with shouted phone calls.
Every movie seems to crank up the soundtrack more than the last.
I believe there is no more useful thing to carry than a set of earplugs.
But when I pop those soft foam lifesavers into my ears, the loud edges of the world soften and retreat.

Proofread the passage and identify the spelling and punctuation errors. no one knows the exect cause of diabetes. most people who get type 2 diabetes are older, but now younger people are being diagnosed with it. like many young people, you are probably thinking, "why should i be concerned about diabetes? " the truth is that both the center for disease control and the american diabetes association are quite alarmed about the increase in type 2 diabetes among young people. information gathered in the 1990s showed a rapid increase in type 2 diabetes in children. during the 2000s, this trend is continue. scientists who study diabetes are finding that 85 percent of the children who are diagnosed with type 2 diabetes are overweight. but that is just one reason for the increase. children are at risk for type 2 diabetes if they are inactive, have a family history of diabetes, or are from african american, american indian, or asian american families.

"the children's hour" by henry wadsworth longfellow between the dark and the daylight, when the night is beginning to lower, comes a pause in the day's occupations, that is known as the children's hour. i hear in the chamber above me the patter of little feet, the sound of a door that is opened, and voices soft and sweet. from my study i see in the lamplight, descending the broad hall stair, grave alice, and laughing allegra, and edith with golden hair. a whisper, and then a silence: yet i know by their merry eyes they are plotting and planning together to take me by surprise. a sudden rush from the stairway, a sudden raid from the hall! by three doors left unguarded they enter my castle wall! they climb up into my turret o'er the arms and back of my chair; if i try to escape, they surround me; they seem to be everywhere. they almost devour me with kisses, their arms about me entwine, till i think of the bishop of bingen in his mouse-tower on the rhine! do you think, o blue-eyed banditti, because you have scaled the wall, such an old mustache as i am is not a match for you all! i have you fast in my fortress, and will not let you depart, but put you down into the dungeon in the round-tower of my heart. and there will i keep you forever, yes, forever and a day, till the walls shall crumble to ruin, and moulder in dust away! which literary device does longfellow use most frequently in the poem? a. simile b. metaphor c. repetition d. personification

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