Once I traveled about in an old bakery wagon, double-doored rattler with a mattress on its floor. I stopped where people stopped or gathered, I listened and looked and felt, and in the process had a picture of my country the accuracy of which was impaired only by my own shortcomings. What is the purpose of the description in this passage from Travels with Charley?

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

Read the excerpt from a history of the world in 100 objects. power is usually not willingly given, but forcefully taken; and in both europe and america the nineteenth century was punctuated by political protest, with periodic revolutions on the continent, the civil war in america and, in britain, a steady struggle to widen the suffrage. what would be a benefit of reading this text rather than listening to an audio version of it? the reader could analyze the text features in the excerpt. the reader could visualize the description given. the reader could set his or her own pace and reread parts for clarity. the reader could hear the sounds of the political protest.

Why does rosaline represent a foil to juliet ?