Daniel WEBSTER In selection 1, which detail does the author use to emphasize the central idea that webster was committed to reducing sectional tensions A - he opposed the expansion of free trade
B - he settled a border dispute between two nations
C - he represented his alma mater in a famous lawsuit
D - he supported a bill with fugitive slave provisions

Which line in this excerpt from the great gatsby by f. scott fitzgerald contains a simile? about half way between west egg and new york the motor-road hastily joins the railroad and runs beside it for a quarter of a mile, so as to shrink away from a certain desolate area of land. this is a valley of ashes—a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens where ashes take the forms of houses and chimneys and rising smoke and finally, with a transcendent effort, of men who move dimly and already crumbling through the powdery air. occasionally a line of grey cars crawls along an invisible track, gives out a ghastly creak and comes to rest, and immediately the ash-grey men swarm up with leaden spades and stir up an impenetrable cloud which screens their obscure operations from your sight.

Which underlined word in the sentence is a demonstrative adjective? these brown shoes fit my feet very well.

What is an agreement to stop fighting in the cold war?