Read the passage.

armando sat on the couch. everyone else seemed to be having fun. he hated parties. like an oyster, he closed his shell, and wouldn’t talk to anyone.
which figure of speech, or literary device, does the author use in the passage?

personification
metaphor
simile
allusion

During which stage of the listening process would you pay close attention to verbal and nonverbal signals? taking notes evaluation active involvement preparation

In 150 words, explain what northup (in twelve years a slave) could have done to prevent being kidnapped by hamilton and brown.

Which quotation from the passage best supports the themethat humans have a natural desire to learn about theworld? "they were men. i remember the dead man's face.""at least, we make a beginning."and the magic tools are broken—but we can look atthem and wonder."but they were men who built the city, not gods ordemons.