In the story Sweat, which of the following is NOT a claim that Sykes makes?

A) His skill as a snake charmer helped him capture the rattler.

B) He cares about the rattler, whereas Delia does not.

C) He charms rattlers with food rather than a hickory club.

D) He knows more about rattlers than the other villagers do.

Read the sentence: though margo moved as slowly as a snail in the morning, she somehow ended up being the shining star at the corporations breakfast meeting. which phrase from the sentence is an example of the authors use of simile? a) being the shining star b) somehow ended up c)the corporations breakfast meeting d)moved as slowly as a snail

Agood persuasive essay topic cannot be a. a fact b. debatable c. something somebody else has already written about

Part b: which phrase from the text best support the answers to part a? a. “i don't want to talk to somebody when i go check in at an airport. i just either download the boarding pass to my phone or walk up to a kiosk and get it.” (paragraph 8) b. “you do not have to go far to find someone who disagrees with andrew mcafee, just around the corner to the office of another person at the same university.” (paragraph 11) c. “the set of things that machines do not do like humans is innumerable.” (paragraph 16) d. “you wonder if you're joining that long litany of voices who go down as having made the incorrect prediction one more time, but i think the facts are different this time.” (paragraph 23)