Which sentence demonstrates correct use of the semicolon? a) everyone needs; food, water, and shelter. b) we needed to pick up; tommy, addison, and henri. c) my favorite british playwright; is william shakespeare. d) sara suddenly became very ill; therefore, she went to see her doctor.

What do you think is the greatest invention that you use today? explain in 4 sentences

In 150 words, explain what northup (in twelve years a slave) could have done to prevent being kidnapped by hamilton and brown.

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