You are writing a compare and contrast essay; your thesis is provided below. Crocodiles and alligators look very similar, but there are a few key physical traits that show the difference. Which of the following points of comparison would most effectively support your thesis? American alligators, Chinese alligators, Caiman alligators Snout shape, skin color, visibility of teeth Types of prey, hunting styles, territorial behavior Habitats, length of life, sense of smell

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.