Read the following passage from swimming to antarctica, an autobiography by lynne cox that describes her experience swimming one mile in the frigid waters of antarctica. what does cox’s perspective add to this account of the antarctic swim? excerpt from swimming to antarctica by lynne cox an icy wave slapped my face: i choked and felt a wave of panic rise within me. my throat tightened. i tried to clear my throat and breathe. my breath didn’t come out. i couldn’t get enough air in to clear my throat. i glanced at the crew. they couldn’t tell i was in trouble. if i stopped, dan would jump in and pull me out. i still couldn’t get a good breath. i thought of rolling on my back to give myself time to breathe, but i couldn’t. it was too cold. i closed my mouth, overrode everything my body was telling me to do, held my breath, and gasped, coughed, cleared my windpipe, and relaxed just a little, just enough to let my guard down and catch another wave in the face. i choked again. i put my face down into the water, hoping this time i could slow my heart rate down. i held my face in the water for two strokes and told myself, relax, just turn your head and breathe. a. she is able to ask the crew what they observed to write her account of the experience. b. she is able to draw on her experience and make the account more suspenseful and vivid. c. she is able describe, based on her research, what it is like to swim in the icy water. d. she is able to imagine what it would be like to swim in the icy water to write her description. it is b
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English, 21.06.2019 17:30
Read the excerpt from warriors don't cry. as we approached behind them, we could see only the clusters of white people that stretched for a distance of two blocks along the entire span of the school building. my mind could take in the sights and sounds only one by one: flashing cameras, voices shouting in my ears, men and women jostling each other, old people, young people, people running, uniformed police officers walking, men standing still, men and women waving their fists, and then the long line of uniformed soldiers carrying weapons just like in the war movies i had seen. which words create the mood in the excerpt? check all that apply.
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English, 21.06.2019 21:00
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English, 22.06.2019 02:00
Read the excerpt from”do not go gentle into that good night” which statement best describes the effect of the refrains in this excerpt?
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