Choose something to compare life to, and write 8 lines of metaphors to create an extended metaphor for life. Use the football game example at the bottom to guide you. You can type this in the submission box. “Life is ”

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“LIFE IS A FOOTBALL GAME”

Directions: If life were a football game, come up with some ideas for what each of these parts would mean.

The goal posts are measures of success.
The coach is a mentor.
The ball is any opportunity I take.
The fifty yard line is home.
The tackles are the obstacles that hinder me.

Which of the following is not true about using your local library as a resource while doing research? a. searching library catalogs can you narrow your topic, as well as give you ideas about what resources are available to you. b. most libraries now have searchable databases and many other resources accessible online. c. using the library as a resource is a bit more time consuming, because it cannot be done from home. d. all of the above statements are true.

Which kind of bias is evident in the sentence below? " along with bears, lynxes and wolves, boars were idiotically hunted to extinction in the middle ages." a subjective vocabulary/ mistreatment of opposing views/ corporate bias/ stereotypes

Once you have finished revising your peer’s essay, continue to demonstrate your understanding of grammar and punctuation by writing an essay containing all of the grammatical concepts outlined above. your essay should be short, just 250 words, and it can be written on any subject. it should contain an example of parallel structure, an example of every type of phrase and clause outlined in this lesson, an example of two independent clauses connected by a semicolon, and an example of a colon. if you are struggling to come up with an idea for an essay, consider writing it about the themes present in one of the texts you have read already.