Which of these sentences is an opinion—not a claim? Myths and fables have lasted so long as forms of fiction because they serve a purpose.
Stories are often used by Native American tribes to educate the next generation.
Myths and fables are both forms of fiction that reveal what matters to a culture.
Stories are more interesting to read than lectures about how to behave.

Read the excerpt below from the poem "exile" by julia alvarez and answer the question that follows. i let myself lie back in deep waters, my arms out like jesus' on his cross, and instead of sinking down like i'd always done, magically, that night, i could stay up, floating out past the driveway, past the gates, in the black ford, papi grim at the wheel, winding through the back roads, stroke by difficult stroke, out on the highway, heading toward the coast. which literary device is used in the comparison between the speaker's experience of fleeing the country and floating in the ocean? i let myself lie back in deep waters, my arms out like jesus' on his cross, and instead of sinking down like i'd always done, magically, that night, i could stay up, extended metaphor symbolism simile theme