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<span>Nye describes her experience being comforted by her mother when she was sick. Her mother told her she was not dying as long as she still had the strength to make a fist. Nye then writes that she is still comforted by this thought.</span>
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The poem has several devices such as:
</span>Allusion it can be applied because it refers to a
past historical event.<span>
</span><span>Imagery because it describes in detail the palm trees. Among other things.
The tone </span>is nostalgic because she is
looking back on she was traveling but she also uses a tone of pride because she
survived the journey and she can still make her hand into a fist .
The answer is:
B) The number of students who smoked electronic cigarettes increased slowly between 2011 and 2016.
According to the excerpt from "Youth and Tobacco Use," the number of middle school students who smoked electronic cigarettes had a low increment of 0.6% in 2011. At the same time, the percentage of high school students raised 1.5% during the same period.
The rest of the alternatives are incorrect because they do not express the main or the entire purpose of the paragraph.
Answer:
__<u>Obesity</u>_____ can increase the risk of heart disease and diabetes. (obese
Answer:
Diction is the foundation of voice and contributes to all of its elements.
Explanation:
Occasion = level of formality Formal – scholarly writing, serious prose, poetry Informal – expository essays, newspaper articles, fiction Colloquial – “slang” – to create a mood or capture a historic or regional dialect.