The bullet had logged in the bone. it must have fractured it. he bent the arm below the wound. the arm bent back easily. he ground his teeth to overcome the pain."

the author uses graphic details in this passage to

a) make the reader cringe

b) build the rising action

c) punctuate the violence

d) illustrate the irony

Read this passage: byron and mitch are co-captains of the mathletes, their high school's academic team. they are backstage with the five other team members, preparing to compete in the state math quiz. byron sits on the floor with his eyes closed and his earbuds in, listening to classical jazz, which him focus his mind and energy. suddenly, he feels a presence beside him. he opens his eyes to see mitch staring at him. "mathletes! mathletes! " mitch chants loudly. mitch gives byron a thumbs-up and then proceeds to strut around like a peacock, high-fiving the other team members, as byron shuts his eyes again and does his best to refocus his mind which statement best summarizes the passage?

Explain the effect of the rhetorical questions for the below paragraph. "i pinched myself: was i still alive? was i awake? how was it possible that men, women, and children were being burned and that the world kept silent? no. all this could not be real. a nightmare soon i would wake up with a start, my heart pounding, and find that i was back in the room of my childhood, with my "

Read the following argument: it has been documented that therapy dogs relieve stress and provide health benefits for patients in hospitals and nursing homes. which of the following statements offers the most relevant evidence to support this argument? a. increasing pet visitation has caused interruptions to the work of nurses because they want to see the pets too. b. interaction with pets can reduce a patient's pain, lower blood pressure, and increase communication. c. pets can disrupt schedules and prevent patients from going to their program of physical therapy. d. pets in hospitals may provide entertainment, but they also may bring diseases with them.