Read Gregor’s brainstorming table. Beginning: My troop decided to hold a car wash, and I was nominated to organize it. Middle: Some troop members were assigned to make colorful posters advertising the event, and others were asked to gather the necessary supplies. End: At the car wash, we formed an assembly line to wash, rinse, and dry the cars, and then collect the money. Which sentence would best introduce this series of events in a descriptive narrative? A)We found enough buckets, rags, sponges, and soap to wash cars all afternoon. B)Upon learning that the cost of scout camp had unexpectedly increased, my troop quickly formed a clever plan. C) Using colorful paint, we created posters to hold by the side of the road that read, "Car Wash Here Today!"D) When the first car rolled into the lot, we were lined up and ready to start our fund-raising.

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"the children's hour" by henry wadsworth longfellow between the dark and the daylight, when the night is beginning to lower, comes a pause in the day's occupations, that is known as the children's hour. i hear in the chamber above me the patter of little feet, the sound of a door that is opened, and voices soft and sweet. from my study i see in the lamplight, descending the broad hall stair, grave alice, and laughing allegra, and edith with golden hair. a whisper, and then a silence: yet i know by their merry eyes they are plotting and planning together to take me by surprise. a sudden rush from the stairway, a sudden raid from the hall! by three doors left unguarded they enter my castle wall! they climb up into my turret o'er the arms and back of my chair; if i try to escape, they surround me; they seem to be everywhere. they almost devour me with kisses, their arms about me entwine, till i think of the bishop of bingen in his mouse-tower on the rhine! do you think, o blue-eyed banditti, because you have scaled the wall, such an old mustache as i am is not a match for you all! i have you fast in my fortress, and will not let you depart, but put you down into the dungeon in the round-tower of my heart. and there will i keep you forever, yes, forever and a day, till the walls shall crumble to ruin, and moulder in dust away! which literary device does longfellow use most frequently in the poem? a. simile b. metaphor c. repetition d. personification

Which statement is most accurate regarding the speaking-writing connection? a. written words seldom reflect the words people use when they speak. b. to own a word, write it over and over again. c. the words used by writers are not normally used in speaking. d. to own a word, speak it.