Marla was rummaging through some boxes in the attic and found a stack of letters her great-grandfather wrote when he was stationed in North Africa during World War II. One of the letters included these lines: “Last week we almost ran out of fuel. Most of our training was cancelled. This week we received double the usual amounts. I guess it’s feast or famine around here.”

Using the context of the letter as a clue, what does the phrase feast or famine mean?

A
It’s difficult to complete training without enough fuel.

B
You should maintain extra supplies around at all times.

C
Things sometimes go from one extreme to another.

D
The soldiers were starving because there wasn’t enough food.

Read the excerpt from twelfth night, by william shakespeare. if music be the food of love, play on; give me excess of it, that, surfeiting, the appetite may sicken, and so die. that strain again! it had a dying fall: o, it came o'er my ear like the sweet sound, that breathes upon a bank of violets, stealing and giving odour! now read the excerpt from "the love song of j. alfred prufrock." for i have known them all already, known them all: have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons, i have measured out my life with coffee spoons; i know the voices dying with a dying fall beneath the music from a farther room. what does the phrase “dying fall” most likely mean in both excerpts? the noise is jarring. the noise is soothing. the sounds are fading. the sounds are too loud. mark this and return

Which traits are strongest in your persuasive essay: ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, or conventions?

How did rick respond to this conflict