Story about something you have experienced

After reading this excerpt, darren makes a text-to-text connection. which example is a text-to-text connection?

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

Correct sentence. when her brother boarded the ship bound for america, christina stood on the pier and tearfully waved goodbye.