1. How is the first paragraph of the story important to
the passage as a whole?
O A It focuses on the danger of the ocean as
insurmountable.
OB It focuses on the ocean's importance over the sky
and land, setting the sea as the primary setting.
O c It establishes the ocean as the primary focus and
antagonist of the survivors.
It establishes the ocean as ugly and gray, as
opposed to beautiful and blue.
ind blue.
e

Which sentence should be revised to include vivid imagery

In hard times by charles dickens, mr. gradgrind’s name can be interpreted in several ways. the selection supports all of the following interpretations except he grinds out graduates who are similar to each other as if he were running a factory he grinds the importance of facts into students’ heads he grinds down children by crushing their imaginations he grinds his teeth together, suggesting his intolerance for fantasy

How would “in a station or the metro” change of the bough was bright and lovely rather than wet and black a: the station would seem cheerier b: the poem would not be considered imagist c: the people would seem less pleasant. d: the poem would no longer be hokku