Click here to read the passage for this question. the passage will open on a second screen. arrange the screens so you
can see both at the same time. what is the connection between the railroad and rivers in south africa?
railroads were built to be parallel to the rivers.
because the rivers are so small, people must travel by trainthe railroads were built by moving supplies inland by riverboats.
like the rivers, south africa's train networks are small and seasonal

In at least one hundred words, describe how bly uses sarcasm in his poetry to evince an emotional reaction from his readers. how is this emotional reaction strengthened by bly’s ironic language and imagery?

Which of these rhetorical devices is most clearly used in the underlined portion of the text?

Read this excerpt from "the all-american slurp." i pulled the strings out of my stalk. z-z-zip, z-z-zip. my brother followed suit. z-z-zip, z-z-zip. to my left, my parents were taking care of their own stalks. z-z-zip, z-z-zip, z-z-zip. suddenly i realized that there was dead silence except for our zipping. looking up, i saw that the eyes of everyone in the room were on our family. mr. and mrs. gleason, their daughter meg, who was my friend, and their neighbors the badels—they were all staring at us as we busily pulled the strings of our celery. what story element does the author develop in this excerpt? a) lot details about the party b) characterization of the lins c) characterization of the gleasons d) setting details about the gleasons’ house