The Summer Olympics of 2008 in Beijing, China, brought about the record-breaking swimming victories of Michael Phelps, who captured eight gold medals. Phelps holds the record for the most gold medals in a single Olympics; previously held by Mark Spitz with seven gold medals. Spitz was twenty-two years old at the time of his victories at the 1972 Olympics in Munich; Phelps was twenty three. Both Olympic swimmers won their medals in a combination of individual and relay events; but, Phelps won five of his medals for individual events, while Spitz won four. Phelps has earned a career total of sixteen Olympic medals, with six gold and two bronze in Athens in 2004; and eight gold in Beijing. Spitz's career total is eleven Olympic medals; nine gold, one silver, and one bronze.

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Examine the imagery in these lines of the poem "the legend" by garrett hongo. he is asian, thai or vietnamese, and very skinny, dressed as one of the poor in rumpled suit pants and a plaid mackinaw, dingy and too large. he negotiates the slick of ice on the sidewalk by his car, opens the fairlane's back door, leans to place the laundry in, and turns, for an instant, toward the flurry of footsteps and cries of pedestrians as a boy—that's all he was— backs from the corner package store shooting a pistol, firing it, once, at the dumbfounded man who falls forward, grabbing at his chest. how does the imagery in these lines affect the reader’s experience of the poem? check all that apply. it creates a visual picture of the man. it conveys what the scene sounds like. it describes the actions of the boy. it reveals the poet’s opinion of the characters. it encourages readers to care for the characters. it shows the resolution of a conflict. it explains the reasons for the event.