Read the excerpt from "Shout: A Poetry Memoir." There was a slight delay in joining the team while I learned to swim in water deeper than six inches. But then I traded muddy ponds for cement swimming pools in schools and parks all over the city, tadpoling backstroking, butterflying , freestyling until my body leaned , gleamed, hardened into a core of speed with a snaggletoothed grin. earthbound, "directionally challenged;"practice, "cemetary girl," and "driven" from SHOUT by Laurie Halse Anderson, copyright @2019 by Laurie Halse Anderson Used by permission of Viking Children's Books an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC. All rights reserved. Which detail best contributes to the triumphant tone of this excerpt? "while I learned to swim in water deeper / than six inches" "But then I traded muddy ponds / for cement swimming pools' "tadpoling / backstroking , butterflying, freestyling' "until my body leaned , gleamed, hardened / into a core of speed"

Which of the following statements are true of Degas The Little Fourteen-year-Old Dancer? While Degas was better known as a painter than a sculptor, this sculpture of a dancer is one of the most admired modern sculptures. The subject matter is very unusual, which made it popular among the critics of the time. The subject matter is more abstract.

What are the strengths and weaknesses of the book, Florida Cowboys by Carlton Ward Jr? Be specific.

"Jonathan likes hiking.swimming, and to ride a bicycle." Identify the correct way to write the given sentence using parallelism. Jonathan likes hiking.swimming, and riding a bicycle. Johnathan likes to go a hiking, and to ride the bicycle, and swim. Jonathan likes to hike.go swimming, and riding a bicycle. Jonathan likes hiking, to go swimming, and to ride a bicycle. Jonathan likes to go hiking, swimming, and to ride bicycle.

Which printing format places the long edges of the page at the left and right sides of the sheet? Landscape Portrait

Which statement from The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone.contains an opinion that could be considered biased if facts and examples had not been given to support it? Eventually he gave up.saying, "The problem is too complicated, scientifically insoluble. But Akerblad's success in identifying so many demotic characters now led him to make a serious mistake. It was like the inspired hunches that have led so many of the great advances in science and technology over the ages. Because of this mistaken belief, Young put roadblocks in his own path.

What is the Sea Lottery? When money washes on shore When drugs wash on shore When Spanish Galleons are discovered in the sea When tides come in with buried treasure

What literary device is present in the line below? Go, bring them in:and take your places, ladies. Metaphor Alliteration Repetition Consonance Assonance

In Pablo Picasso's Blonde Woman in Profile, the artist uses a __ line that follows the contours of the model's profile. continuous regular jagged irregular inorganic

Which of the following is NOT a part of MLA documentation? a. works-cited list b. content notes c. in-text citations d. author's name

In "American History," why is Elena so happy on the day of President Kennedy's death? She is going to study at Eugene's house. Eugene tells her that he likes her a lot. Her family buys a house in Clifton. She receives an A on an exam.