Which statement best describes a text with a cause-and-effect structure? it offers a solution to a problem. it explains why something occurs. it offers reasons to support a claim. it uses words such as thus, in fact, and however.

Read the excerpt below from the poem "exile" by julia alvarez and answer the question that follows. i let myself lie back in deep waters, my arms out like jesus' on his cross, and instead of sinking down like i'd always done, magically, that night, i could stay up, floating out past the driveway, past the gates, in the black ford, papi grim at the wheel, winding through the back roads, stroke by difficult stroke, out on the highway, heading toward the coast. which literary device is used in the comparison between the speaker's experience of fleeing the country and floating in the ocean? i let myself lie back in deep waters, my arms out like jesus' on his cross, and instead of sinking down like i'd always done, magically, that night, i could stay up, extended metaphor symbolism simile theme

How does the author use word choice to show her point of view on the use of pesticides against insects?

Which information from the expert best supports the inference that certain video games resulted from issues related to national security?