Jason looked up to the engineers he had met on the fieldtrip. he knew he could be as successful as they were if he just worked hard enough. unlike his friends who spent their days at the skate park, jason was a man on a mission, constantly working on his schoolwork.
what type of connection is used in this text?
contrast
analogy
comparison
category

"now they have beaten me, he thought. i am too old to club sharks to death. but i will try it as long as i have the oars and the short club and the tiller."? this passage shows santiago's belief that a. he will never fish again. b. he is too old to continue fishing. c. man can be defeated but not destroyed. d. the sharks got the best of him.

Read the excerpt from "the love song of j. alfred prufrock." and indeed there will be time to wonder, “do i dare? ” and, “do i dare? ” time to turn back and descend the stair, with a bald spot in the middle of my hair— [they will say: “how his hair is growing thin! ”] my morning coat, my collar mounting firmly to the chin, my necktie rich and modest, but asserted by a simple pin— [they will say: “but how his arms and legs are thin! ”] do i dare disturb the universe? in a minute there is time for decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse. which lines indicate that the speaker is concerned about what others think of him?

During the industrial age, what was one important way businesses told consumers about new products? through phonographs through telephones through telegraphs through catalogues