Which statement best explains how effectively the passage uses vivid description?
Jenna peeked at the clock. The second hand slid around the numbers
as if it were surfing Time. Before she realized it, Time had caught a
wave at lunch and ridden it all the way to three o'clock. Now the last
bell was ringing, and the moment Jenna had been waiting for all day
was about to happen. She heard moans of disappointment and
squeals of joy begin to echo through the drama department hallway.
Jenna waited for the crowd to disperse, and then she crept up to the
Drama Club bulletin board. Her eyes scanned the cast list in reverse
order, from bottom to top. With each name not matching her own, her
heart pounded harder. Finally, there it was: her name at the top of the
page. She was finally going to be the star.
A. The vivid description is not effective, because it creates a laid-
back tone, when Jenna's feelings of anticipation call for an
energetic tone.
B. The vivid description is effective, because it appeals to the sense
of smell as well as the senses of sight and hearing.
C. The vivid description is not effective, because the bland and
ordinary words detract from the importance of the events in the
story.
D. The vivid description is effective, because the passage uses
powerful images to show Jenna's awareness of time.

Which detail from the text best demonstrates the effect of totalitarianism on the animals? "progress was made in the dry frosty weather that followed." "it had been decided to build the walls three feet thick." "they were always cold, and usually hungry as well." "for a long time the quarry was full of snowdrifts and nothing could be done."

In addition to academic and extracurricular achievements in school, i am an involved member of my community. i volunteer at the local animal shelter every saturday morning, and i build houses for a nonprofit organization a few times a year with my family. which of these rhetorical devices is most clearly used here? a. inductive logic b. ethos c. parallelism d. text structure

In this excerpt from "a modest proposal" by jonathan swift, which important issue does the writer deal with using a satirical tone? some persons of a desponding spirit are in great concern about that vast number of poor people, who are aged, diseased, or maimed; and i have been desired to employ my thoughts what course may be taken, to ease the nation of so grievous an incumbrance. but i am not in the least pain upon that matter, because it is very well known, that they are every day dying, and rotting, by cold and famine, and filth, and vermin, as fast as can be reasonably expected. and as to the young labourers, they are now in almost as hopeful a condition. they cannot get work, and consequently pine away from want of nourishment, to a degree, that if at any time they are accidentally hired to common labour, they have not strength to perform it, and thus the country and themselves are happily delivered from the evils to come. a. old, sickly people cannot be hired as laborers because they don't have the physical stamina required for the job. b. old, sickly people and young laborers are useless to the nation because they cannot be productive citizens. c. the economy of the nation is burdened by the poor, the old, and the sickly who survive on charity and handouts. d. the living conditions of the poor and their lack of employment opportunities are serious concerns for the nation. reset next