What does the reader learn about Samantha from this flashback?
Read the excerpt from "In with the New."
She remembered staring into her closet on the morning
of her first day at Central Middle School. 'Why don't you
wear your green and purple layered T-shirt?" her mom
had suggested, seeing that Samantha looked
overwhelmed.
O Samantha was worried about her first day of school.
O Samantha tried hard to impress people on her first
day of school.
Samantha did not care about her first day of school.
O Samantha was looking forward to her first day at
school.
Samantha picked up the shirt and then put it down. "I do
like that one," she explained, "but it's a little bright, and I
don't want to stand out. Today I only want to blend."

Which group or words is not a phrase? a.) leaving behind the dog b.) because she smiled at me c.) smashing into a fence d.) before the first test e.) pushing the sofa

Read the excerpt from "home front diary." jimmy simmons stopped by today to tell me that he had enlisted in the army. he asked me if i would write to him, and i said i would. i told him that i've been writing to my uncle arthur and susan's cousin john for about a year, and as an experienced correspondent i had some advice about all the censorship. "don't write down any information about your location or the number of soldiers in your unit because the censors will cut all of that away," i said. "in my experience, loose lips not only sink ships, they make letters look like snowflake decorations! ” well, he belly laughed over that one. how is the author's perspective different from jimmy's? the author has been to war and she can give jimmy advice. jimmy has become a soldier and does not believe the author’s advice. the author has experience writing to soldiers but jimmy does not. jimmy has more experience at letter writing than the author.

Han put the last box into the back of his car and turned to look up at his dorm room. he saw himself through the window, laughing with his roommates and sharing his hopes and dreams. he saw all of the hours spent studying and the celebrations at the end of each semester. he smiled fondly as he turned away, got into his car, and drove off. which literary element does the passage contain?