Read the excerpt from Infinite Jest I have committed to crossing my legs I hope carefully, ankle on knee, hands together in the lap of my slacks. My

fingers are mated into a mirrored series of what manifests, to me, as the letter X. The interview room's other

personnel include: the University's Director of Composition, its varsity tennis coach, and Academy prorector Mr. A.

deLint. C. T. is beside me; the others sit, stand and stand, respectively, at the periphery of my focus. The tennis coach

jingles pocket-change.

Which phrase or sentence is the best example of unusual language?

In henrik ibsen's a doll's house, there are numerous references to dolls. nora mentions how she has bought dolls for her daughter, emmy. she also refers to her children as "nice little dolly children." which interpretation of this reference to dolls is the most plausible? a. the dolls symbolize nora’s childhood. they are a reminder of nora’s father and how he made her happy with dolls every time she was sad or upset. b. the dolls symbolize the deceptive ways in which nora pretends to live in a nice world even though she engages in criminal activity. c. the dolls symbolize both nora and her children. just as nora is a toy and plaything for torvald, her children seem to be her toys and playthings. d. the dolls symbolize nora's indifference toward her children. instead of nourishing her children with love, nora uses the dolls to show them her affection.

Read the sentence: though margo moved as slowly as a snail in the morning, she somehow ended up being the shining star at the corporations breakfast meeting. which phrase from the sentence is an example of the authors use of simile? a) being the shining star b) somehow ended up c)the corporations breakfast meeting d)moved as slowly as a snail

Agood persuasive essay topic cannot be a. a fact b. debatable c. something somebody else has already written about