Read this passage:
monica gets a call from her coworker tom, whom monica
has a crush on. tom explains that he is taking his niece's
class to the petting zoo tomorrow and wonders whether
monica would like to come along. at the phrase "petting
200," monica breaks out in a cold sweat. she remembers
an incident from her youth. monica can almost see her
younger self at a petting zoo. just as she reaches out to
feed a baby goat, the goat bites her hand and chases her.
shaking her head, monica mumbles "not interested into
the phone before hanging up and running to the bathroom
to splash cold water on her face.
which literary device does the underlined portion of the text most clearly
show?

Read the excerpt from part 2 of zeitoun. zeitoun woke with the sun and crawled out of his tent. the day was bright, and as far as he could see in any direction the city was underwater. . he could only think of judgment day, of noah and forty days of rain. and yet it was so quiet, so still. nothing moved. he sat on the roof and scanned the horizon, looking for any person, any animal or machine moving. nothing. as he did his morning prayers, a helicopter broke the silence, shooting across the treetops and heading downtown. why does the author include the details of zeitoun’s morning? to suggest the hopelessness of zeitoun’s situation to illustrate the solitary existence endured by survivors to establish zeitoun’s dedication to the rituals of his faith to reveal the military’s attempts at assistance

What is the first step in summarizing a plot? restating central ideas and key details eliminating minor or unimportant details connecting ideas with logical transitions identifying important words and phrase

Choose the option that includes the main claim in “the american promise”