Read the following counterclaim. Bullying is not that important because it does not affect me personally.

Which presents the best rebuttal to the counterclaim?

The best way to prevent bullying is to keep students off of social media outside of school hours.
Schools should have a strong support system in place to help some students cope with the emotional pressures they experience from parents, teachers, and peers
Existing feelings of low self-esteem can make a student more vulnerable to bullying.
A number of studies have shown that all students have moments of self-doubt and insecurity, but some students may have a more difficult time managing these feelings.

Which two of these excerpts from homer’s odyssey depict the gods’ involvement in mortal affairs?

Why is blank verse considered traditional?

Read the excerpt below from the poem "exile" by julia alvarez and answer the question that follows. i let myself lie back in deep waters, my arms out like jesus' on his cross, and instead of sinking down like i'd always done, magically, that night, i could stay up, floating out past the driveway, past the gates, in the black ford, papi grim at the wheel, winding through the back roads, stroke by difficult stroke, out on the highway, heading toward the coast. which literary device is used in the comparison between the speaker's experience of fleeing the country and floating in the ocean? i let myself lie back in deep waters, my arms out like jesus' on his cross, and instead of sinking down like i'd always done, magically, that night, i could stay up, extended metaphor symbolism simile theme