"We're all set!" I could hear the mom's cheery voice as she slammed the door of the van. "Our vacation starts right now!" said the dad, turning the ignition. As the family sped away, I crept slowly toward my target. I could not risk being spotted by pesky pets and neighbors.

Eureka! A howling good time was ahead! An overstuffed trash can was now only mere feet away. "Another night in the life of a suburban wolf," I said, edging closer. "Let the feasting begin.”

Eureka! A howling good time was ahead! An overstuffed trash can was now only mere feet away.

Which transition could you insert before the sentence, "An overstuffed trash can was now only mere feet away."

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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