Which best explains how imagery can be effective even if it is fantastical or "unreal"?

a. the poet may prefer vague language to specific.
b. the reader may be fooled into believing it is real.
c. the reader can picture it if it is vivid enough.
d. the poet can use abstract language to explain it.

Which sentence uses the linking word after correctly? a. after janessa went to the grocery store with her mother. b. trish is the luckiest person in the world, after she will not stop complaining. c. gregory made a perfect score on his math test after he studied hard for it. d. after, pete could not wait for school to start again.

Read the excerpt from "amigo brothers.” felix and antonio turned and faced each other squarely in a fighting pose. felix wasted no time. he came in fast, head low, half hunched toward his right shoulder, and lashed out with a straight left. he missed a right cross as antonio slipped the punch and crossed and countered with one-two-three lefts that snapped felix’s head back, sending a mild shock coursing through him. if felix had any small doubt about their friendship affecting their fight, it was being neatly dispelled.

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