Read the excerpt from stanzas 3 and 4 of "the turtle.”

it isn’t even hers but came to her
in the rain or the soft wind,
which is a gate through which her life keeps walking.

she can’t see
herself apart from the rest of the world
or the world from what she must do
every spring.
crawling up the high hill,
luminous under the sand that has packed against her skin,
she doesn’t dream

which effect does the repeated "s” sound have on this part of the poem?

Do not use this medicine with milk, cheese, or other dairy products. what end punctuation needs to be added to the above bolded word?

The “big dig” the “big dig” (the central artery/tunnel project) has been complex and challenging. located in boston, massachusetts, this tunnel is eight lanes wide and three-and-a-half miles long. what is most amazing about this tunnel is that it is constructed under a major highway and skyscrapers located in boston’s financial district. construction crews used “clamshell excavators” during this dig. these machines carved narrow trenches, and then a special substance was pumped into the trench to keep the dirt from caving in. finally, steel beams were lowered into the trench and concrete was pumped in. one problem that engineers faced while constructing the tunnel is the fact that the soil beneath boston is extremely loose and soggy. engineers solved this dilemma by freezing the soil and pumping very cold water into pipes beneath the city. to strengthen the soil even further, a special type of glue was injected into the ground to with the consolidation of the soil. 23 which phrase best defines the word excavator as used in the passage? a. a device used to measure underground temperatures b. a device used to level uneven surfaces c. a device used to move heavy objects d. a device used to dig holes

The moutain stood shoulder to shoulder and glared down at the pasture below, daring anyone to approach. what is the most likely the intent of the author's word choice in this sentence?