Place a check mark next to each item which gives an example of the figure of speech known as a simile. Leave all other items unchecked. From the air at night, the ship looked like a lighted birthday cake. Since he was a slippery snake, the man always managed to slither out of trouble. The week my grandparents came to visit, everyone in our family was busy as a bee. Let us go then, you and I. The fact that he was going to kill me made me feel slightly uncomfortable. When they told me I had made the team, I was as happy as a clam. After a year of missed opportunities, a stench of failure followed me wherever I went. Critical Reading and​

How does gregor feel about his fathers transformation?

Read the passage first of all if someone says your dream is impossible, they’re wrong. you can’t prove that something is impossible-all you know is that[it] hasn’t been done yet. people said no one could scale mount everest but in 1953, sir edmund hilary and tenzing norway gazed down upon the world from it’s summit. people said that man could not fly, but in 1903, orville and wilbur wright made the first sustained powered flight in a heavier-than-air machine. people said, “okay, we admit that someone could climb mount everest, and we admit that man has learned to fly, but no one will ever, ever walk on the face of the moon.” if we can send three men a quarter of a million miles away and bring them home safely, is there any great task we cannot accomplish? which identifies the textual evidence that best supports the claim: the authors purpose is to persuade? a: the author shares historical information about the wright brothers. b: the author states that men have walked the moon. c: the author states that others who think your dreams are impossible are wrong. d: the author wants to know what tasks we cannot accomplish.

1.at the trials, she won both the 50 and 100 meter freestyle events. 2.her last olympic appearance was at the 2000 sydney games. 3.now her sights are set on olympic history at the 2008 beijing games. 4.dara torres is an amazing swimmer who qualified at the olympic trials to become the oldest olympic female swimmer. 5.with that excellent performance, she is eligible to contend for a medal at the olympics. what is the most logical order for these sentences?