Which statements about the gerund in the sentence below are true? Check all that apply. Javier likes to draw, but Kira prefers painting.
The gerund is "painting."
The gerund is "to draw."
The gerund is acting as a noun.
The gerund is acting as an adjective.
The gerund could be replaced with an infinitive.
The gerund could be replaced with a participle.

Discuss two of this excerpt's themes. how does shakespeare develop these two themes over the of the entire play? support your argument with evidence from the text. (30 points) course

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

What can you infer about how the particular events in "the memoirs of the conquistador bernal del diaz de castillo" still affected the writer at the time of writing his memoir? he thinks of his dead crewmen with sadness and regrets that they died for nothing. he is still frustrated that one of his men accidentally kills himself by drinking too much water.  he thinks wistfully about the wealth he may have enjoyed if they had found gold in the yucatan.  he still considers indians liars.