The badgers were behind by two runs in the bottom of the ninth inning. with two players on base, victoria was confident that she could secure a win with a perfectly placed hit. the first pitch was a vicious fastball that victoria missed by a mile. the opposition cheered when the umpire called the strike, but victoria grew more determined to get a hit. after several more pitches, the count was full with three balls and two strikes. victoria had only one more chance. the final pitch seemed to take its time crossing the plate. finally, victoria swung her bat and made contact with the ball. the ball soared past the outfielders and over the fence; it was a home run! when she triumphantly crossed home plate, victoria's appreciative teammates surrounded her.

the climax of the story occurs when victoria
a) hits a home run.
b) misses the first pitch.
c) hears the opposition cheering.
d) is surrounded by her teammates.

Coming to school each day, having the necessary materials, and to do homework students to be successful in school. choose the answer that is the most effective substitute for the underlined part of the sentence. if no substitute is necessary, choose ‘leave as is.’ a) leave as is. b) coming to school each day, have the necessary materials, and do homework c) come to school each day, having the necessary materials, and to do homework d) coming to school each day, having the necessary materials, and doing homework

"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

Timed. from kate chopin the awakening despite the opinions of seemingly everyone else, madame lebrun likes which of her sons better