1. Five years ago, this city was on the verge of bankruptcy. Five years ago, corruption was rampant. We were a sinking ship. But we got past that. We survived.

We repaired our ship and made it seaworthy again, and now five years later I speak

to you as the mayor of a vibrant, prosperous city. This is your city and I am your

mayor

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B.

charged language:

analogy

parallelism:

repetition:

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D.

1) each morning , dew glistens on the grass. 2) the sun yawns , scanning the horizon for companion clouds. 3) perched high ancient oak trees, startlings and sparrows announce a new day.

Time remaining 59: 46 which central idea should be included in a paraphrase of this excerpt? read the excerpt from the odyssey. out to sea again! ' my men were mutinous, fools, on stores of wine. sheep after sheep they butchered by the surf, and shambling cattle, feasting.-while fugitives went inland, running to call to arms the main force of cicones this was an army, trained to fight on horseback or, where the ground required, on foot. they came with dawn over that terrain like the leaves and blades of spring. so doom appeared to us, dark word of zeus for us, our evil days. the forces sent by cicones to fight odysseus and his men arrived during the early morning hours. odysseus and his men feasted on the animals they slaughtered while on the island of cicones the forces sent by cicones to stop the plundering of odysseus and his men were skilled and powerful odysseus views the forces sent by cicones as punishment from the greek god zeus. mark this and retum save and exit save and exit next sub subunit

Our coach’s idea of food for the entire wrestling team was tiny sandwiches and fruit.