In the introduction, the authors state that writing is actually a conversation and you have to know how to enter the conversation; what do they mean with this assertion?

Danny went for a long bike ride he covered at least forty miles

25 ! which three lines in this excerpt from phillis wheatley's poem "goliath of gath" contain examples of figurative language? the hosts on two opposing mountains stood, thick as the foliage of the waving wood; between them an extensive valley lay, o'er which the gleaming armour pour'd the day, when from the camp of the philistine foes, dreadful to view, a mighty warrior rose; in the dire deeds of bleeding battle skill'd,

Read this sentence:somebody save the smoke! the nomadic tribes move to a new location each season. which word provides a clue to the meaning of nomadic? new season move location