Where should a colon be placed to punctuate this sentence correctly?

We paid for several expensive home renovations a new back porch, a new fence, and a new wall in the kitchen.
A) We paid for several expensive home renovations a new back porch, a new fence, and a new wall in the kitchen.
B) We paid for several expensive home renovations: a new back porch, a new fence, and a new wall in the kitchen.
C) We paid for several expensive: home renovations a new back porch, a new fence, and a new wall in the kitchen.
D) We paid for several expensive home renovations a new back porch, a new fence, and: a new wall in the kitchen.

Read the excerpt from rudolfo anaya’s essay “take the tortillas out of your poetry.” tortillas and poetry. they go hand in hand. books nourish the spirit, bread nourishes our bodies. our distinct cultures nourish each one of us, and as we know more and more about the art and literature of the different cultures, we become freer and freer. . i don’t know anyone who doesn’t like to sample different ethnic foods, the breads of many many groups; just as many of us enjoy sampling books from different areas of the world. i travel to foreign countries, and i know more about myself as i learn more about my fellow human beings. censorship imposes itself in my path of knowledge, and that activity can be justified by no one. which choice best describes the purpose of this text? to persuade readers to oppose the censorship of literature to inform readers about censorship in a specific country to entertain readers with stories about censorship to motivate readers to speak out against censorship mark this and return

Me ! select the correct answer. which sentence is an oxymoron? a. to have peace, we must go to war. b. a glass can be viewed as either half full or half empty. c. the lawyer was deceptively honest with his clients. d. spies do not dress like spies. e. though the lab was messy, there was a method to his madness.

To which type of poetic structure is "the bells" most similar? a. free verse b. lyric poetry c. japanese cinquain d. shakespearean sonnet