Which sentence is an example of personification? a. it was an open secret that she liked him. b. the dog was heavier than an elephant. c. her words were like a knife to his heart. d. the storm pounded the roof of our home.

What is emphasized in william carlos williams’s “landscape with the fall of icarus” but not in pieter brueghel’s landscape with the fall of icarus? what conclusions can you draw about the similarities and differences between the themes of the work? english 9 - 3.3.9 practice - apex learning

On november 17, 1968, football fans across the united states sat glued to their televisions. a close game between two top teams—the new york jets and the oakland raiders—was being broadcast. when the jets pulled ahead with only fifty seconds remaining, viewers went wild. but then, just as the raiders were bringing the ball across midfield, the game disappeared from the screen! in its place, a previously scheduled children's movie, heidi, started playing. callers flooded the tv network's phone lines, but it was too late. the raiders scored two touchdowns in the very final moments—touchdowns that were unseen by all but west coast viewers. as a result of the interrupted event, dubbed "the heidi game," television networks began delaying their regularly scheduled programs until football games had ended.

What impact does the use of dashes have on the rhythmic structure of this poem? the dashes create imperfect rhyme that confuses the reader. the dashes create a slow rhythm that is pleasant for the reader. the dashes create a quick rhythm that confuses the reader the dashes create a heightened rhythm that excites the reader