A rope of water twisted and whirled from a brass faucet, filling the tub. I sat in the cold water up to my neck and discovered that I could slide down the back of the tub and hit the bottom with a great splash. When my water party was interrupted, both the bathroom and I got a scrubbing. —Barrio Boy, Ernesto Galarza What type of figurative language is the phrase “a rope of water”? a metaphor; it compares using “like” or “as” a simile; it compares using “like” or “as” a metaphor; it compares without using “like” or “as” a simile; it compares without using “like” or “as”

Read the excerpt from "mother tongue." lately, i’ve been giving more thought to the kind of english my mother speaks. like others, i have described it to people as “broken” or “fractured” english. but i wince when i say that. it has always bothered me that i can think of no other way to describe it other than “broken,” as if it were damaged and needed to be fixed, as if it lacked a certain wholeness and soundness. what best supports the inference that tan believes nonstandard english is no less valid than standard english? tan spends a lot of time thinking about her mother’s “fractured” english. tan has trouble thinking of descriptive words when she is writing. tan’s american education makes it difficult for her to understand her mother. tan winces when she describes her mother’s english as “broken.”

Which statement best explains how shakespeare transformed thesource material, hecatommithi by giraldi cinthio? lago is driven by a sense of duty, while ensign is motivatedby jealousyensign's plot only involves the moor, while lago plots to trickcassio, the captainwhile ensign's trickery is driven by his love for the moor'swife, lago's plot is driven by his hatred for cassio and themoorin shakespeare's play, the men are either good or evil bynature, in the source material, they are influenced by outsidesources

Which words in the sentence are direct objects? choose all answers that are correct. we took the first exit and then the back road. a. exit b. road c. back d. took