2. What is the author's main point in paragraph 13 of Passage 1? (RI.1.2) a. The idea to help retired players started with James, but is backed by the retired
players
b. The NBA makes billions of dollars every year off the players.
c. The union does not want any games cancelled this year.
d. The union and the league are in agreement about doing what is best for the players.

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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