You see a commercial for a cell phone. everyone in the commercial is using this phone. a teenage boy nervously calls a girl. the girl giggles and shushes her friends as she answers. a businesswoman makes a call as she gets into a cab. the ad ends with a six-year-old girl showing her grandfather how to send a text message. what propaganda technique is being used to sell the phone?
fear
glittering generalities
plain folks
transfer

You are reading an informational text for english class, and you find a lot of words you don't know. your teacher says you don't need to look up all of them in the dictionary, only the ones you need to get the main point of the text. how could text features you figure out which words to look up?

What if flash wasnt fast but slow what would you call that

Read the sentence from barrio boy by ernesto galarza. "now, ernesto, you are the man of the family. you will take care of your mother until we are together in sacramento. which statement best describes the figurative language used in these sentences? a simile is used to compare ernesto to a man. a simile is used to paint a picture of family life. a metaphor is used to compare a man and his family. a metaphor is used to paint a picture of responsibility.