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From an early age, Briony loved being in the water. Some of her fondest memories were of swimming at her grandfather's Lake and splashing through the water with her siblings. Her mother taught all the blings. Her mother taught all the children how to dive safely off the dock
Briony loved the feeling of jumping high into the air and slicing through the water. It made her feel like a powerful rocket soaring through the sky. She enjoyed diving so much that she started training with a coach at the community swim club.
Evelyn was a world champion diver who had been an alternate on the United States Olympic team. From the moment she saw ny dive from the springboard, she immediately recognized the young girl's potential. Briony was so elegant; it was like watching a crane diving into the water to snatch a fish. Briony and Evelyn worked together for several years to get Briony's diving career off to a good start.
Which of these describes the effect of the author's use of simile in the statement (from paragraph 1) It made her feel like a
powerful rocket soaring through the sky
A. It helps portray Briony's technique.

B. It helps describe
Briony's love of diving.

C. It helps convey Briony's problems with pride.

D. It helps explain Briony's difficulty working with others.
From USA TESTPREP

Read this passage from alan weisman's "the city without us": he props his running shoe against the whitish bark of a chinese amur cork tree, growing among the last of the hemlocks. "this may sound blasphemous, but maintaining biodiversity is less important than maintaining a functioning ecosystem. what matters is that soil is protected, that water gets cleaned, that trees filter the air, that a canopy regenerates new seedlings to keep nutrients from draining away into the bronx river." now read this passage from jared diamond's "the ends of the world as we know them": both the shoguns and the japanese peasants took a long-term view: the former expected to pass on their power to their children, and the latter expected to pass on their land. . today, despite having the highest human population density of any large developed country, japan is more than 70 percent forested. what common theme of green literature is most strongly evident in both passages? a. in order to thrive in coming centuries, people must find viable alternatives to fossil fuels, such as coal. b. with careful and intelligent management, ecosystems can still thrive after human beings have changed them. c. in order meet their goals, environmentalists must people develop a personal desire to protect nature. d. there is no excuse for damaging the natural world, and anyone who does so will pay a steep price.