“American History by Judith Ortiz Cofer Read paragraph 1 of “American History.” What do the phrases “monstrous
jukebox,” “blasting out salsa,” “abusive tongues,” and “screeching of small children” help you understand about El Building and what it was like to live there?

Which of the following statements most closely reflects the author's description of the action taken by the united states supreme court in cases brought before them having to do with the japanese internment? a. "three years almost to the day, the supreme court decided that imprisoning japanese-americans was unconstitutional. " b. "the supreme court decided in favor of the japanese-americans in the very first case brought before them." c. "fred korematsu had plastic surgery and changed his name to avoid internment, making it the deciding case in the issue." d. "in april 1942 mitsue endo lost his habeus corpus case, thus postponing the supreme court's negative decision."

Read the excerpt and answer the question. then i lost my head entirely, mad with the power of exciting such what type of figurative language is used in the excerpt? idiom hyperbole metaphor alliteration

What element of medieval literature does the disappearance of the sword into the lake represent?