please help me diagram this sentence: jillian can you come over and watch the movie casablanca after school

I forgot what are homophones.Does anyone know what's a homophone.

zhannawk [14.2K]

A wcrd that is pronounced the same as the another word but has a different meaning or spelling.

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3 years ago

Write a short essay in which you examine the figurative language in “Concrete Mixers.” Explain what the concrete mixers are comp

PolarNik [594]

“Concrete Mixers” by Patricia Hubbell compares concrete mixers to elephants to show humans have created relationships with their machines in much the same way as with animals under their care. The poet shows how the drivers of the concrete mixers wash and tend to their mixers just as the mahout take care of their elephants. This comparison is set up at the beginning of the poem with this simile: “Like elephant tenders they hose them down.” To continue this relationship, the poet describes the concrete drivers as “mahouts”, the name for people who take care of elephants in other countries. The poem also describes how the concrete mixers “stand in muck”, meaning that these machines are in muddy environments similar to the environments of elephants who stand in mud or muck.In the end the poet describes how the concrete mixers are like elephants working to do humans’ work by lifting, moving and helping to create new structures in a city. The poet uses several similes to describe concrete mixers as if they were alive: “Concrete mixers/Move like elephants/Bellow like elephants/Spray like elephants” She further strengthens the effect by writing that they “…are urban elephants/Their trunks are raising a city.” This metaphor means that just as elephants work for humans in

Poetry Collection 3 other countries, the machines in the poem are doing the labor of building a city. The poet uses the word “raising” to show that the city is being built up, becoming taller and taller with skyscrapers. Through the effective use of figurative language the poet shows how humans have begun to treat their machines as if they were living, breathing animal

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3 years ago

Which example is most clearly a work of Postmodern literature? - A. A history book that has unintentional factual errors - B. A

Zielflug [23.3K]

Answer:

I would say B

Explanation:

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Should chimpanzees be owned as pets?

MatroZZZ [7]

Yes they arent as wild as they are told to be

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3 years ago

I. Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets, (the present simple, future simple,

Verizon [17]

Answer:

1. I'll wait until he writes his next novel.

2. I hope it stops raining by five o'clock this afternoon.

3. By next month, I will have left for India.

4. Don't come until I have finished lunch.

5. I will give Mr. Brown your letter when I see him tomorrow.

6. Our teacher will explain that lesson to us tomorrow.

7. Mr. and Mrs. White will live in their new house by next spring.

8. When you come today, I will be working at my desk in Room 12.

9. The Browns will be traveling through New England at this time tomorrow.

10. He will be working on the report when you arrive this afternoon.

11. This building will be finished by the end of 1999.

12. At this time next month, they will have worked in HCMC.

13. By the time you finish cooking, they will be done their homework.

14. When we see Mr. Johnson tomorrow, we will remind him of that.

15. I think she will hear all about it by the time I see her.

16. I reckon I will finish this book by the weekend and then I will give it to you.

17. The children will be hungry when they get in because they will have run around all afternoon.

18. This government will be in power for eight years soon but I don't think they will win the next election.

19. Don't phone them now. They will not have gotten home yet. They will probably be getting back at about half past eight.

20. I think they will have finished building the house by the time winter comes and then we will be moving in in the new year.

21. I expect they will be tired when you see them because they have been working all day.

22. If I come and see the film with you on Saturday, I will have seen it six times. But it is my favorite film of all time: I think you will love it.

23. Why don't you come around at 9 o'clock? The children will have gone to bed then so it will be nice and peaceful.

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