Which sentence below uses an action verb to make its meaning more concise?
A. As soon as the food touched the table, they very quickly
ate it up
B. As soon as the food touched the table, they hurriedly ate
it as quickly as they possible could.
C. As soon as the food touched the table, they wolfed it
down.
D. As soon as the food touched the table, they ate it at an
overly rapid pace.

Match each poem with the subculture or counterculture from which it came. hip–hop counterculture feminist counterculture beat generation a. "pay attention, here's the thick of the plot/i pulled up to the corner at the end of my block/and that's when i saw this beautiful girly–girl walkin'/i picked up my car phone to perpetrate like i was talkin'" (jazzy jeff and the fresh prince) b. "for no church told me/no guru holds me/no advice/just stone/of new york" (jack kerouac) c. "you fit into me/ like a hook into an eye/a fish hook/an open eye" (margaret atwood)

What do the sketches of 9/11 victims in "portraits of grief" achieve?

Which pair of uses of figurative language from “the caged bird” support the extended metaphor of freedom versus oppression? back of the wind; floats downstream his wings are clipped; his feet are tied the caged bird sings; the free bird thinks dawn bright lawn; grave of dreams