17) which sentence has an error in parallel structure? a) the symptoms holly felt were gruesome: burning skin, sweating forehead, and weeping eyes. b) kelly asked if she could borrow the car, head over to karen's house, and study for her exams. c) the hound looked for the rabbit under the hedge, behind the shed, and on top of the smokehouse. d) my father taught me to always be kind, to always be strong, and that i should always be truthful.

Read the following excerpt from life on the mississippi by mark twain. no girl could withstand his charms. he "cut out" every boy in the village. when his boat blew up at last, it diffused a tranquil contentment among us such as we had not known for months. but when he came home the next week, alive, renowned, and appeared in church all battered up and bandaged, a shining hero, stared at and wondered over by everybody, it seemed to us that the partiality of providence for an undeserving reptile had reached a point where it was open to criticism. how does twain's use of understatement serve his purpose? be sure to use specific details from the text to support your answer.

Which statement from the tinker v. does moines court decision best supports the reasoning that the conduct of the student protesters was within the protection of the free speech clause of the first amendment

Read the excerpt from “take the tortillas out of your poetry.” i do not believe we should have to leave out the crucial elements of our language and culture to contribute to american literature, but, unfortunately, this is a conclusion i am forced to reach. i have been writing for a quarter century, and have been a published author for eighteen years. as a writer, i was part of the chicano movement which created a new literature in this country. which type of rhetoric is used most in the excerpt to convince readers that anaya’s conclusion is accurate? an appeal based on emotion an appeal based on logic an appeal based on the author’s character an appeal based on the author’s feelings