From "amazon. com." encyclopedia britannica. encyclopedia britannica online school edition. encyclopedia britannica, inc., 2013. web. 10 jan. 2013. 'the kindle shakes up publishing'. after its first full year of selling books in 1996, book publishers praised the new service as a great way to them clear their backlists of slow-selling books. however, with the introduction of the kindle, tensions began to build between publishers and amazon. com. the company wanted to sell new e-books for a fixed price, well below what new printed books sold for, prompting many complaints from the publishing industry. which statement best describes how book publishers responded to the introduction of the kindle? a- publishers complained that the device was hard to use. b- publishers liked the device at first but then objected to pricing. c- publishers used the device only for books that were hard to sell. d- publishers preferred to sell books on the device rather than in stores.

Imagine you are reading a story about a character named dray. dray is captain of the basketball team and practices for hours after school in order to achieve his goals of playing in the nba. one day, dray decides that he hates basketball. he quits the team and takes up knitting instead. what is the introduction of this new plot point is an example of a. an anticlimaxb. a conclusionc. a contrivanced. a climax

Why would viktoria most likely include this paragraph in the middle of her essay? to introduce the main challenge she faces to explain some of the obstacles she faces to explain how she overcomes her obstacles to discuss how the challenge changes her

Which statement best describes the use of satire in this passage? read the passage from chapter 7 of animal farm as clover looked down the hillside her eyes filled with tears. if she could have spoken her thoughts, it would have been to say that this was not what they had aimed at when they had set themselves years ago to work for the overthrow of the human race. these scenes of terror and slaughter were not what they had looked forward to on that night when old major first stirred them to rebellion. if she herself had had any picture of the future, it had been of a society of animals set free from hunger and the whip, all equal, each working according to his capacity, the strong protecting the weak, as she had protected the lost brood of ducklings with her foreleg on the night of major's speech. instead-she did not know why—they had come to a time when no one dared speak his mind, when fierce, growling dogs roamed everywhere, and when you had to watch your comrades torn to pieces after confessing to shocking crimes. there was no thought of rebellion or parody is used to illustrate the impact of stalin's purge. ridicule is used to show the gullibility of the russian citizens. reversal is used to show how clover, representing the people, has changed ideals. personification is used to show the reader stalin's thoughts and feelings