What were the author’s purposes in writing It's Our World, Too!: Young People Who Are Making a Difference? Check all that apply

to entertain readers with the antics of young high school students
to persuade readers that all students are equal, regardless of race
to inform readers about the ways young people are changing the world
to entertain readers with a story about high schoolers who made a change
to persuade readers that racism still exists in today’s society
to inform readers about different ways that changes can be made

Candies effort on children's teeth is unfortunate.

Read this line from the poem. and while i thus at random rove what effect does alliteration have in this line? a. it emphasizes the unpredictability of the speaker's pursuit of pleasure. b.it makes the speaker seem fair and impartial. c. it adds a lighthearted tone to the speaker's words. d.it contributes to the sorrowful tone of the poem.

Read the excerpt below from the poem "exile" by julia alvarez and answer the question that follows. i let myself lie back in deep waters, my arms out like jesus' on his cross, and instead of sinking down like i'd always done, magically, that night, i could stay up, floating out past the driveway, past the gates, in the black ford, papi grim at the wheel, winding through the back roads, stroke by difficult stroke, out on the highway, heading toward the coast. which literary device is used in the comparison between the speaker's experience of fleeing the country and floating in the ocean? i let myself lie back in deep waters, my arms out like jesus' on his cross, and instead of sinking down like i'd always done, magically, that night, i could stay up, extended metaphor symbolism simile theme