Lucy walked the streets of her neighborhood almost every day. she thought of it as her time. it was the most peaceful time of her day, when she allowed her mind to wander. oftentimes she had interesting ideas, ideas that she could use in her drawings. then she heard sirens on a nearby street, she couldn’t tell which one, and suddenly her mind was flooded with worries: where were her children? had she left the stove on? what about that space heater, had she remembered to turn it off? the anxiety was overwhelming. she was amazed at how quickly her mind could shift from peaceful, creative thoughts to raging worries. she picked up the pace, heading in the direction of the sirens. within a few minutes she arrived at her street and saw that a policeman had stopped someone speeding through the neighborhood. she exhaled and continued walking, only more slowly. 1 why does the author use the metaphor "flooded with worries"? a. to mirror how fast she started walking after the sirens b. to reflect how quickly and fully worry filled her c. to communicate how much she sweated on her walk d. to reflect how our thoughts flow as easily as water

answer: look it out

explanation: which sentence in this excerpt from leo tolstoy’s the death of ivan ilyich shows the human tendency to contemplate one’s past life? wrong / "but if that is so," he said to himself, "and i am leaving this life with the consciousness that i have lost all that was given me and it is impossible to rectify it—what then? "correct / he lay on his back and began to pass his life in review in quite a newway.wrong / he was given a large dose of opium and became unconscious, but at noon his sufferings began again.wrong / when the priest came and heard his confession, ivan ilyich was softened and seemed to feel a relief from his doubts and consequently from his sufferings, and for a moment there came a ray of does the character of gerasim the protagonist to attain spiritual freedom in tolstoy’s the death of ivan ilyich?

a. wronggerasim ivan ilyich by caring for him in his last days, regardless of the challenge.b. gerasim treats ivan like his father and performs the duties of a son.c. correctivan ilyich realizes that he has lived an artificial life by comparing his life with gerasim’s.d. wrongivan ilyich feels inferior to gerasim because gerasim leads a healthy literature of nineteenth-century realism depicted everyday life in a realistic way. which statements show that leo tolstoy’s the death of ivan ilyichis a realist text? correct / the description of human struggles in the form of ivan ilyich’s sufferingwrong / the faithfulness of relationships that ivan ilyich experiences toward the end of his lifewrong / the romantic tension that occurs between ivan ilyich and his wifethe difference between superficial and authentic livingthe plot ending with a surprising turn of does the following line from leo tolstoy’s the death of ivan ilyich contribute to the plot at the end of the novella? a. it shows that ivan finally loses the battle of life, and it represents a tragic ending of the story.b. it shows that ivan continues to fight for his life and gives the plot an open ending.c. correctit shows that ivan has finally accepted the end of his life, and it brings finality to the plot.d. it shows that ivan evades death at the end because his illness has been two sentences in this excerpt from leo tolstoy's the death of ivan ilyich show ivan ilyich's struggle with his life and his inability to let go of his past? correct / for three whole days, during which time did not exist for him, he struggled in that black sack into which he was being thrust by an invisible, resistless force.

the answer should be b.

explanation:

it should be b because she researched before writing so it would be in past tense. "the author researches her subject before she had written the first draft.