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The gift of the magi analyze the various characters in the story. list which character types—dynamic, round, static, and flat—you observed in the story. cite evidence to support your response.

[he] let his gaze wander to the swirling water of the stream racing madly beneath his feet. a piece of dancing driftwood caught his attention and his eyes followed it down the current. how slowly it appeared to move! what a sluggish stream! what contrasting words are used to describe the stream in this passage?

Laura is writing a report about the natural resources of mississippi. she will collect information about the natural resources from many different sources. one will be a multimedia encyclopedia. when she searches for information in a multimedia encyclopedia, she finds four results. three of the results will laura, but one will not her. which of these articles will not laura write her report? a) "the oil of mississippi" b) "the timber of mississippi" c) "the politics of mississippi" d) "the natural gas of mississippi"