In my heart's shelf by a. gautam she's yellowing in the palm, spotted, and wrinkled around the edges. the creases and crevasses of wisdom are scattered along the sagging skin. she's transforming. my favorite book of poems— leather-bound, ornamented, sprinkled with gold, more beautiful than old. she's wizened. her bookmarks are my visas— journeys stamped in rhymes. her toothless smile is like a lost index page. even the wind can shuffle her, as she sits by the window. but, oh the music bursts out of her words— the soothing, haunting sounds, melodies of her breath in sighs and lullabies. my mother is my epic. read these lines from the poem: her toothless smile / is like a lost index page. what does this simile mean? question 2 options: she appears like a book that is missing the last page. she appears to have lost both her teeth and her index finger. she appears like a book that has its charm and novelty. she appears to need dentures to fix her toothless smile.

Are these any instance when you misbehaved online? how do you think should you behave now that you have learned netiquette and proper behaviour on the world wide web?

The arctic national wildlife refuge is home to caribou, moose, musk oxen, wolves, foxes, grizzlies, polar bears and migratory birds. leaders in the oil industry believe the refuge is the perfect site for the “environmentally sensitive exploration” of oil. environmentalists are wondering: what will become of the wildlife? president george w. bush, oil-industry leaders and others believe that americans will benefit from the oil that lies under the snow-filled surface of the refuge. in their opinion, the oil will reduce high fuel prices and decrease our need for oil from other countries. i believe the cost of such drilling is too high. i agree with environmentalists who fear that drilling will disturb the migration of more than 130,000 caribou. each spring, the caribou travel 400 miles to give birth on the coastal plain. in this area of the refuge, there are fewer predators. in addition, experts say that the oil in the area adds up to less than a six-month supply. is such a small amount of oil worth the risk drilling poses to these animals? americans are the largest consumers of oil. instead of drilling for oil, we should decrease our need for foreign oil simply by using less. we must all work together to cut back on the oil we use in order to preserve the wildlife of the arctic national wildlife refuge. what type of argument is used in this paragraph? i believe the cost of such drilling is too high. i agree with environmentalists who fear that drilling will disturb the migration of more than 130,000 caribou. each spring, the caribou travel 400 miles to give birth on the coastal plain. in this area of the refuge, there are fewer predators. in addition, experts say that the oil in the area adds up to less than a six-month supply. is such a small amount of oil worth the risk drilling poses to these animals? a. appeal to emotion c. appeal to logic b. bandwagon d. none of the above select the best answer from the choices provided a b c d

“heartwork each day is born with a sunrise and ends in a sunset, the same way we open our eyes to see the light, and close them to hear the dark. you have no control over how your story begins or ends. but by now, you should know that all things have an ending. every spark returns to darkness. every sound returns to silence. and every flower returns to sleep with the earth. the journey of the sun and moon is predictable. but yours, is your ultimate art.” ― suzy kassem what does this quote mean to you? and why? i'm not looking for anything in particular, i just wanted to know. : )