Choose the missing step in the given solution to the inequality -2x - 14 > -4 + 3x.

-2x - 14 > -4 + 3x

-5x - 14 > -4

x < -2

-5x < 10

-5x > -28

x < 2

-5x > 10

Which verb or verb phrase signals an inappropriate shift in mood. a) will you let b) should first change c) must attend d) will be served

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

Based on the events of "object lesson, part 1," what will most likely happen in “object lesson, part 2”? howard ruffo will return the money to miss carpenter. miss carpenter will find the missing envelope of money in her purse. the girl with the italian haircut will confess to taking the money. ellery queen will use clues to find the missing money.