<span>Motor vehicle crashes cause one of every three injury deaths among children ages 15 and under.
The number of vehicle crashes which result in injuries and death is alarming and something should be done about it. Although there are rules and laws against this type of behavior while driving, many people still don't follow them, which tragically results in injuries and death in people, often in children as well.</span>
The answer is A.
The subject of the sentence (the person or thing doing the action) has to agree in number with the verb (the word representing the action).
One of the quintisessential features of the Swahili city-states from 1000 to 1500 BC was their urban style. A few families made up the elite, ruling classes, while most people in the cities were less wealthy, working as craftsmen, artisans, clerks, and sailors. People in villages along the coast could also identify as Swahili.
I believe that these two are correct.
The speaker feels sad and nostalgic because Atthis has forgotten her.
The speaker still feels sad about Atthis’s unfaithfulness.
Answer:
Metaphors:
1. His eyes <u>were</u> pools of blue...
Similes:
1. <u>Like</u> a detective...
Onomatopoeias:
1. ...<u>ticked</u>...
2. ...<u>tiptoeing</u>...(this one might be wrong, but I believe tiptoeing is an onomatopoeia.)
Personification:
1. ...the first <u>rays of sunshine tiptoeing</u> through the garden...
Oxymorons:
1. ...a <u>deafening silence</u>...
Alliterations:
1. <u>Time ticked</u> by as I <u>talked</u> to him...
2. I <u>held his hand</u> and <u>hoped</u> that <u>he</u> knew I was there.
Like a detective, I searched the nursing home corridors until I saw him in a wheelchair by the open window. His eyes were pools of blue staring out at the first rays of sunshine tiptoeing through the garden. I brushed my fingers through his snow white hair and kissed his forehead. "Hi, Grandpa," I said. There was a deafening silence as there was every morning. Time ticked by as I talked to him and told him about my week. It was a one-sided conversation. I often wished we had spoken more before he had poor health. I held his hand and hoped that he knew I was there.