[15] Which of the following uses the rules of punctuation correctly?* [a] "Lisa, did you get the mail" he asked, I am expecting a letter from Sam".
[b] "Lisa, did you get the mail?" he asked, 1 am expecting a letter from Sam".
[C] "Lisa, did you get the mail?" he asked, "I am expecting a letter from Sam"
[d] "Lisa, did you get the mail" he asked, "I am expecting a letter from Sam".

Which line in this excerpt from the great gatsby by f. scott fitzgerald contains a simile? about half way between west egg and new york the motor-road hastily joins the railroad and runs beside it for a quarter of a mile, so as to shrink away from a certain desolate area of land. this is a valley of ashes—a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens where ashes take the forms of houses and chimneys and rising smoke and finally, with a transcendent effort, of men who move dimly and already crumbling through the powdery air. occasionally a line of grey cars crawls along an invisible track, gives out a ghastly creak and comes to rest, and immediately the ash-grey men swarm up with leaden spades and stir up an impenetrable cloud which screens their obscure operations from your sight.

Which is easier to identify direct or indirect characterization? why

Identify the following sentence as simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex. even though most people think of africa as a desert, zimbabwe has a hot, tropical climate, so mangoes, passion fruit, pineapples, and avocados grow well there. a. compound b. simple c. complex d. compound-complex