One day during her summer internship, Marcy returned home to write this update in her work journal: We were all sitting at our desks, lost in our workday routines, when the fire alarm sprang to life. We jumped in our seats, but seated we stayed. One by one, we called to each other across the cubicle tops, “Do we have a drill?” “Are they testing the system?” “Should we go outside?” Five minutes later, the fire alarm still beeping, we casually grabbed our purses and our mp3 players, our sunglasses and our key fobs, and strolled out the back door.

What conclusion can you draw about Marcy’s workplace given the evidence?

A.
The building’s managers were testing the fire alarms.
B.
The workers failed to follow proper fire safety procedures.
C.
The workers had too much work to do to pay attention to fire safety procedures.
D.
The employees where Marcy works have had no training in fire safety procedures.

Read the following short excerpt of student writing. use your vocabulary and grammar knowledge to determine which suggestions you would make to improve his or her grammar and word choice. i really thought she loved me but i discovered her grave betrayal one afternoon. it was easy to figure out because she accidentally sent a text to me that was meant for him. i was confused by the text because it said, "don't tell mike." i felt insulted that she thought she could get away with this infidelity. at first i felt very angry bitter and hateful but then i felt so hopeless and depressed. i longed for her to call me. i thought if i could just hear her pleasing voice, maybe then i would not be filled with such bitterness. instead of calling her i talked to another friend who is good at listening and feeling my pain. talking with her makes me feel euphoric. i think i may be on the road to recovery.what word would you suggest to replace the underlined word or words in this excerpt? instead of calling her, i talked to another friend who is (good at listening and feeling my pain). talking with her makes me feel euphoric. amorous sentimental empathetic grave

In walt whitman's attitude toward death in "song of myself" differ from dickinson's attitude in "712: because i could not stop for death"?

Read the excerpt and answer the question. the boards themselves seemed to remain upright not from being nailed together but rather from leaning together, like a house that a child might have constructed from cards. what best describes the figurative language in the sentence above? idiom simile onomatopoeia personification