The band packed up their instruments and quietly left the backstage area. The students knew they would not be able to compete in the state finals like they had hoped all season. If only there was something that would make them feel like their efforts weren’t a total loss. What part of the story is this?

A. falling action

B. resolution

C. exposition

What is the central theme of the sniper

Read these lines from denise levertov's poem "in thai binh (peace) province": it is that life, unhurried, sure, persistent, i must bring home when i try to bring the war home. child, river, light. here the future, fabled bird that has migrated way from america, nests, and breeds, and sings, common as any sparrow. which statement best interprets the author's use of metaphor in these lines? a. the metaphor of home suggests that american foreign policy should turn inward. b. the metaphor of the river suggests that life moves ear forward. c. the metaphor of the fabled bird suggests that the war has left americans divided. d. the metaphor of the fabled bird suggests that vietnam will rise to fight again.

Read this inference: "one day the neighbors will move out of the little frame house." what detail from the story best supports this inference?