You are running for student council president. if you win the election, you'll need to give an acceptance speech to your peers and teachers. which of these elements should you avoid while writing the speech?

When i was young enough to still spend a long time buttoning my shoes in the morning, i'd listen toward the hall: daddy upstairs was shaving, in the bathroom, and mother downstairs was frying the bacon. they would begin whispering back and forth to each other up and down the stairwell. my father would whistle his phrase, my mother would try to whistle, then hum hers backi drew my buttonhook in and out and listened to it -know it was "the merry widow." the difference was, their song almost floated with laughter. how different from the record, which growled from the beginning, as if the victrola were only slowly being wound up. they kept it running between them, up and down the stairs where i was now just about ready to run clattering down and show them my shoes. what is the effect of the parallelism used in the above excerpt? it establishes the rhythm of a duet to echo the song. it expresses the same ideas. it mirrors opposite ideas. it is a paradox.

Based on the cause-and-effect relationship in this sentence, what is the meaning of the word illuminate? the colors and patterns on the stained glass windows were illuminated as thousands of candles burned during the special church service. a) to melt or change form b) to grow taller or wider c) to become extremely hot d) to light up or make clear

Emily is reading her friend's story. it uses transition words like and emily can tell that this story's organization is a) sequence of events b) cause and effect c) compare and contrast d) question and answer