What is the tense of the underlined verb in the sentence?
everyone on the block had suspected this announcement was coming.
a.
past perfect
b.
future perfect
c.
present perfect
d.
past

[he] let his gaze wander to the swirling water of the stream racing madly beneath his feet. a piece of dancing driftwood caught his attention and his eyes followed it down the current. how slowly it appeared to move! what a sluggish stream! what contrasting words are used to describe the stream in this passage?

"she is his achilles' heel" is an example question 3 options: a allusion b alliteration c simile d personification

What are the effects of parallel structure in this excerpt? check all that apply. it adds emphasis to the verbs that describe the british government’s oppression. it uses repetition to add power to the colonists’ growing list of grievances. it stresses jefferson’s list of grievances, giving the reader a sense of the amount of time the colonists have been oppressed. it emphasizes that all of these acts were carried out by the same person.