Read this paragraph. What is the conflict in the excerpt?
O character versus self
O character versus character
O character versus society
O character versus nature
Claire marveled at her little brother's flawless dive. It
looked effortless now, but she knew he had spent weeks
perfecting the arch of his body and the point of his toes.
She wanted to have a dive like that-the type people
stop and watch. Still, she could not bring herself to
attempt it. After all, her brother's first twenty or so dives
had been awful, with knees and elbows flailing. Claire
shuddered to imagine looking like that in clear view of the
entire pool population. And the whole head-first concept
seemed intimidating. She wondered if her hands would
reach the bottom of the pool. Maybe some day. But for
now, she decided she would just watch.

Expand the outline you wrote in lesson 1 about the american dream into an argumentative research essay. as in most essays, you'll need to include an introduction, body, and conclusion. you'll also need to support your claim with evidence

"the children's hour" by henry wadsworth longfellow between the dark and the daylight, when the night is beginning to lower, comes a pause in the day's occupations, that is known as the children's hour. i hear in the chamber above me the patter of little feet, the sound of a door that is opened, and voices soft and sweet. from my study i see in the lamplight, descending the broad hall stair, grave alice, and laughing allegra, and edith with golden hair. a whisper, and then a silence: yet i know by their merry eyes they are plotting and planning together to take me by surprise. a sudden rush from the stairway, a sudden raid from the hall! by three doors left unguarded they enter my castle wall! they climb up into my turret o'er the arms and back of my chair; if i try to escape, they surround me; they seem to be everywhere. they almost devour me with kisses, their arms about me entwine, till i think of the bishop of bingen in his mouse-tower on the rhine! do you think, o blue-eyed banditti, because you have scaled the wall, such an old mustache as i am is not a match for you all! i have you fast in my fortress, and will not let you depart, but put you down into the dungeon in the round-tower of my heart. and there will i keep you forever, yes, forever and a day, till the walls shall crumble to ruin, and moulder in dust away! which literary device does longfellow use most frequently in the poem? a. simile b. metaphor c. repetition d. personification

When doing a close reading, what is involved in the process of annotating a text?