(1) His bedroom overlooked a lushly green, perfectly maintained yard featuring a pool area complete with a gazebo, lap lanes, and a diving board. (2) The birds sang, the tall pines swished in the slight breezes, and the hammock hung waiting for a visitor. (3) The beauty and freedom that summer represented called to Jeffrey. (4) With the coolest yard in the neighborhood, he was stuck inside doing stupid makeup work. (5) The problem indicated his lack of responsibility, but he still resented the situation. (6) Ugh, he thought, just wanting to call his buddies and, like, go play in the pool. (Click on two quotations from the passage that need to be changed to fit the style and tone of the paragraph.)

When i was young enough to still spend a long time buttoning my shoes in the morning, i'd listen toward the hall: daddy upstairs was shaving, in the bathroom, and mother downstairs was frying the bacon. they would begin whispering back and forth to each other up and down the stairwell. my father would whistle his phrase, my mother would try to whistle, then hum hers backi drew my buttonhook in and out and listened to it -know it was "the merry widow." the difference was, their song almost floated with laughter. how different from the record, which growled from the beginning, as if the victrola were only slowly being wound up. they kept it running between them, up and down the stairs where i was now just about ready to run clattering down and show them my shoes. what is the effect of the parallelism used in the above excerpt? it establishes the rhythm of a duet to echo the song. it expresses the same ideas. it mirrors opposite ideas. it is a paradox.

Which of the following does not apply to an informative text? select all that apply. persuasive techniques supporting evidence opinions narrative text

Which characteristic is common to memoirs? a. they analyze all sides of a particular issue. b. they give the entire life story of an author. c. they may include fictional characters. d. they are written in first-person point of view.