Choose the BEST way to improve the paragraph. Bats are flying animals. They are not birds, as some people might think. They are not reptiles
or insects, either. They are actually mammals, which means they are more like cows than birds.
That might be hard to believe when you look at a bat, but it is entirely true.
Change sentence 1 so that it is shorter.
Change sentence 5 so that it is sentence 1.
Change sentence 5 so that it is two sentences.
Change sentences 2, 3, and 4 so that they start with different words.

Which passage from the story best shows the author's use of surprise to advance the story? a. i'd have gone up to the boss and told him just what i think, tell him everything i would, let him know just what i feel b. "oh, god", he thought, "what a strenuous career it is that i've chosen! travelling day in and day out." c. and he looked over at the alarm clock, ticking on the chest of drawers. "god in heaven! " he thought. it was half past six and the hands were quietly moving forwards, it was even later than half past, more like quarter to seven. d. one morning, when gregor samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin. submit

What do we call a two-syllable metrical foot that consists of one unaccented syllable followed by an accented syllable? a. anapest b.dactyl c.iamb d.elision

What is the rhyme scheme in this excerpt from longfellow's, "the tide rises, the tide falls? " (10 points) the tide rises, the tide falls, the twilight darkens, the curlew calls; along the sea-sands damp and brown the traveler hastens toward the town, and the tide rises, the tide falls.