Read these lines from the poem "facing it" by yusef komunyakaa:
my clouded reflection eyes melike a bird of prey, the profile of nightslanted against morning. i turnthis way—the stone lets me go. i turn this way—i'm insidethe vietnam veterans memorial again, depending on the lightto make a difference.
which best describes one effect of the poet's use of simile in this excerpt?
a. it links two different things that prey on innocent lives: a bad memory and an undeclared war.
b. it depicts the vietnam war as a stone that heavily weighs on the speaker's conscience.
c. it gives a bird of prey the qualities of a soldier who goes to war to defend his country.
d. it compares the speaker's reflection to a predatory bird that haunts the speaker.

1getting out of bed is the first goal i tackle each day. 2several small goals are achieved by me as the day progresses. 3when i am riding the bus home or walking the dog, i think about the bigger goals i have for my life. which statement correctly describes the verb tense, aspect, and voice in this paragraph? a) sentences 1 and 2 contain present progressive verbs. sentence 3 contains both present progressive and simple present verbs. sentence 2 uses passive voice. b) sentences 1 and 2 contain simple present verbs. sentence 3 contains present progressive verbs. all three sentences use active voice. c) sentences 1 and 2 contain present progressive verbs. sentence 3 contains simple present verbs. all three sentences use active voice. d) sentences 1 and 2 contain simple present verbs. sentence 3 contains both present progressive and simple present verbs. sentence 2 uses passive voice.

What do both in memoriam, a. h. h. and “the lady of shalott” by alfred, lord tennyson suggest about people’s relationships with others? people can remain united even in death. people are mysterious and can never fully know one another. separation from others can lead to pain and loneliness. people create barriers that can prevent them from forging ties with others.

Read the excerpt from chapter 2 of the awakening. they chatted incessantly: about the things around them; their amusing adventure out in the water—it had again assumed its entertaining aspect; about the wind, the trees, the people who had gone to the chênière; about the children playing croquet under the oaks, and the farival twins, who were now performing the overture to “the poet and the peasant.” what is the correct meaning of the word “aspect” based on its usage in the excerpt? character negativity performance boredom