Awriter mentions the plot of a popular movie to explain a point in an essay . this is an example of a . allusion b . irony c . simile d . paradox

Astudent wants to replace the underlined word to make the meaning more precise.which phrase would be the best replacement for the underlined phrase ?

What is one way that the author makes a distinction between the first transcontinental railroad and the first transcontinental passenger flights in 1936

Read the sentences below. (1) wordsworth believed that poetry should present the ordinary in unusual ways, and shelley's "ode to the west wind" does just that. (2) in the poem, the speaker calls the wind "thou breath of autumn's being." (3) later in the poem, the speaker refers to the wind as both "destroyer and preserver." which word or phrase would smooth the transition between sentence 1 and sentence 2? a "in addition" b "finally" c "for instance" d "moreover"