Read the following excerpt from f. scott fitzgerald's the great gatsby: he saw me looking with admiration at his car. "it's pretty, isn't it, old sport! " he jumped off to give me a better view. "haven't you ever seen it before? " i'd seen it. everybody had seen it. it was a rich cream color, bright with nickel, swollen here and there in its monstrous length with triumphant hat-boxes and supper-boxes and tool-boxes, and terraced with a labyrinth of wind-shields that mirrored a dozen suns. sitting down behind many layers of glass in a sort of green leather conservatory, we started to town. which statement provides the best analysis of the symbolism in the passage? a. the repetition of the word "box" represents the constraints people place on themselves. b. the cream color of the car stands for one striving for the american dream. c. the car represents the decadence and excess of the 1920s. d. the word "monstrous" conveys the abandonment of morality.

Which statement best explains why shakespeare has cassius use the word fawn rather than a synonym such as flatter to describe his actions?

Read the excerpt from dominique’s personal narrative. tired of waiting for the bus, which was late for the fifth day in a row, i sat leafing through an old magazine i had stuffed in my purse the previous night. it was terribly warm for a september afternoon, and the sun cast fleeting shadows on the bus stop sign with each car that passed. i wondered when the weather would get cooler and when the new bus driver would start arriving on time. it was about then that i first noticed the apparent agitation of the man sitting next to me. finally, the bus arrived and ambled to a gradual stop directly in front of the restless man. the doors widened, and the bus driver greeted the man with his usual banter in his usual monotone. "good afternoon. how are you today? ” when writing the next few lines of dialogue, dominique should be certain that the lines provide clues about what will happen later on in the narrative. contain made-up details that make the story more exciting. include everyday language that seems real and natural. use precise words that make both men sound educated.

Which part of the original work should the adaptation retain