Rosario was enjoying her vacation in the california sun. she was lying on a raft in the ocean. this was
perfect, rosario thought. there was no noise-no children screaming, no horns honking -- and there
were no papers to grade. all she could hear was the crashing of the waves onto the beach. rosario
sighed and looked around her at the beauty of the ocean. then, she saw something long and gray co
ming toward her on an approaching wave. she thought, "this could only be one thing! " and started
yelling for . she paddled back to shore as quickly as she could. she made it to the shore in one
piece, but she realized that many people were laughing at her.
we can infer that the "thing" was not
- swimmer
- wave
- shark
- surfer

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Which line in this excerpt from the great gatsby by f. scott fitzgerald contains a simile? about half way between west egg and new york the motor-road hastily joins the railroad and runs beside it for a quarter of a mile, so as to shrink away from a certain desolate area of land. this is a valley of ashes—a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens where ashes take the forms of houses and chimneys and rising smoke and finally, with a transcendent effort, of men who move dimly and already crumbling through the powdery air. occasionally a line of grey cars crawls along an invisible track, gives out a ghastly creak and comes to rest, and immediately the ash-grey men swarm up with leaden spades and stir up an impenetrable cloud which screens their obscure operations from your sight.

Asentence teacher gives the following speech. prepare a brief speech to accompany your science project. the speech will be presented to a faculty panel selected as judges. include a summary of your hypothesis, methods, and results. provide an explanation of any pictures or charts one of your poster. also share any complications you encountered during the science fair process. who is the intended audience for the teachers speech? a. young students. b. peers at the science fair. c. teacher evaluators. d. science professionals