The Sidewalk Racer or On the Skateboard
Abe
by Lillian Morrison
Skimming
an asphalt sea
I swerve, I curve, I
sway, I speed to whirring
sound an inch above the
ground; I'm the sailor
and the sail, I'm the
driver and the wheel
I'm the one and only
single engine
human auto
mobile.
Explain the imagery used in this poem? What could you see as you read?

Select all the correct answers. why do authors use rhetorical devices in essays?

How now how now chop logic what is this proud and i you and i you not and yet not proud mistress minion you me no nor proud me no proud

Which sentences from part 1 of the call of the wild would best serve as evidence of the theme "sometimes survival depends on knowing when not to fight"? buck had accepted the rope with quiet dignity. to be sure, it was an unwonted performance: but he had learned to trust in men he knew, and to give them credit for a wisdom that outreached his own. he had merely intimated his displeasure, in his pride believing that to intimate was to command. but to his surprise the rope tightened around his neck, shutting off his breath. he saw, once for all, that he stood no chance against a man with a club. he had learned the lesson, and in all his after life he never forgot it. that had given them an unfair advantage; but now that it was off, he would show them. they would never get another rope around his neck.