Which sentence from paragraph 1 best states a central idea of the article? (A) "Rechargeable batteries were supposed to keep trash out of landfills.”
B
"Consumers throw away billions of battery chargers every year, cellphone chargers
alone account for almost 100,000 tons of trash annually."
"That cycle is about to end."
D
"Wireless charging will soon be compatible with many of today's mobile devices,
providing a universal, more eco-friendly way to power up."

Read the excerpt below from the poem "exile" by julia alvarez and answer the question that follows. i let myself lie back in deep waters, my arms out like jesus' on his cross, and instead of sinking down like i'd always done, magically, that night, i could stay up, floating out past the driveway, past the gates, in the black ford, papi grim at the wheel, winding through the back roads, stroke by difficult stroke, out on the highway, heading toward the coast. which literary device is used in the comparison between the speaker's experience of fleeing the country and floating in the ocean? i let myself lie back in deep waters, my arms out like jesus' on his cross, and instead of sinking down like i'd always done, magically, that night, i could stay up, extended metaphor symbolism simile theme