Select the correct answer. Which of the following is a compound-complex sentence? A. Matthew wants to become a lawyer, so he decides to go to law school. B. Because of the winter, Martha decided to move all her saplings into the greenhouse. C. Even though Jessie hates the zoo, Jessie’s mom takes her family to the zoo because she likes the animals. D. Ivy cried when her dog got sick, but he soon got better. E. After a long, difficult struggle, the people of India became free of British rule in 1947.

Read the excerpt and answer the question. the boards themselves seemed to remain upright not from being nailed together but rather from leaning together, like a house that a child might have constructed from cards. what best describes the figurative language in the sentence above? idiom simile onomatopoeia personification

4. how does the speaker's comparison of sinners to aninsect (paragraph 7) contribute to the central idea of thetext? o a it emphasizes the negative view god has ofsinners and how inconsequential they are to him.o b it stresses the connection that exists between allof god's creatures, whether they be human orinsect.o c it suggests that sinners can change for the better,as insects are known to go throughtransformations.o d it portrays sinners as being just as prevalentaround the earth as the wide variety of insects.

Read the quote below: "it's fine work. monday bum millay, wednesday whitman, friday faulkner, burn 'em to ashes, then bum the ashes. that's our official slogan." (bradbury). which of the follow literary terms is present in the quote? : a) allusion b) personification c) metaphor d) simile