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Which line in this excerpt from the great gatsby by f. scott fitzgerald contains a simile? about half way between west egg and new york the motor-road hastily joins the railroad and runs beside it for a quarter of a mile, so as to shrink away from a certain desolate area of land. this is a valley of ashes—a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens where ashes take the forms of houses and chimneys and rising smoke and finally, with a transcendent effort, of men who move dimly and already crumbling through the powdery air. occasionally a line of grey cars crawls along an invisible track, gives out a ghastly creak and comes to rest, and immediately the ash-grey men swarm up with leaden spades and stir up an impenetrable cloud which screens their obscure operations from your sight.

Match the element of fiction with its definition. match term definition plot a) conveys a message or truth about life setting b) acts to overcome obstacles conflict c) establishes an order of events character d) contributes to the mood theme e) builds the tension between or within characters

Which additional resources would an employee follow the company’s policy for using ground transportation? select three options. a list of company-approved car rental agencies a brochure on safety tips for public transportation embedded web links for booking inexpensive airline tickets contact information for the manager who approves car services a chart indicating price ranges for private car services