Read the passage. the flags were flying as i accompanied captain carmela langston onto the deck of the horizon. everyone stood quietly at attention waiting for her to speak. she seemed slightly nervous facing her crew for the first time. then she began speaking and after a few minutes, the familiar task of setting out on a mission erased any trace of anxiety. the crew reacted well. i knew they would soon find her to be more than competent and fair. from whose perspective is the passage most likely written? a.) from the perspective of a child b.) from captain carmela langston c.) from the perspective of captain langston’s crew chief d.) from the perspective of a crew member

Read the sentence from barrio boy by ernesto galarza. "now, ernesto, you are the man of the family. you will take care of your mother until we are together in sacramento. which statement best describes the figurative language used in these sentences? a simile is used to compare ernesto to a man. a simile is used to paint a picture of family life. a metaphor is used to compare a man and his family. a metaphor is used to paint a picture of responsibility.

Read the excerpt from act 1, scene 3, of julius caesar. cassius. am i not stayed for? tell me. cinna. yes, you are. o cassius, if you could but win the noble brutus to our party— cassius. be you content. good cinna, take this paper and look you lay it in the praetor’s chair, where brutus may but find it. and throw this in at his window. set this up with wax upon old brutus’ statue. all this done, repair to pompey’s porch, where you shall find us. is decius brutus and trebonius there? cinna. all but metellus cimber, and he’s gone to seek you at your house. well, i will hie, and so bestow these papers as you bade me. cassius. that done, repair to pompey’s theatre. what is cassius’s motivation for sending brutus the letter? cassius wants to make sure that cinna is on his side. cassius wants to reassure cinna that brutus will follow them. cassius wants to sway brutus to kill caesar. cassius wants to alert brutus about the conspiracy against him.

Name five of the six points you should check,or have checked, when you are practicing your speech by recording it or with a f listening