Read the excerpt from the land. mitchell almost smiled. "well, don't want that. thing is, though, paul, this here's a dangerous-looking animal." "dangerous enough for me to reconsider? " "well, that's up to you. you the one hafta ride him." i walked up to the grey and looked into his eyes. "i'll ride him," i decided right then for a fact. "i've got only my neck to lose and four times a rider's pay to gain." based on this dialogue, which statement best describes paul? a: he is an adventurer. b: he is a risk-taker. c: he is a complainer. d: he is a worrier.

"this is just to say" by william carlos williams, which of these poetic devices does this poem most represent?

What does the author see as the main cause for why students don’t really see shakespeare as a real, flawed human being? we shouldn’t shy away from discussing our literary heroes’ flaws. if nothing else, the knowledge of their failures us appreciate what success and greatness these authors did achieve. often our hero-worship keeps us from truly seeing the complexity of a great author. thus, i would argue, nothing would be better for high school students than to take shakespeare down a peg or two. a) the fact that students never learn enough about shakespeares biography b) the fact that students only read shakespeare’s comedies while in school c) the fact that students are never assigned to read any shakespeare while in high school d) the fact that students only read shakespeare’s greatest works in school and thus never see his weaknesses

Read this passage.my career in journalism has taught me the challenges of capturing sporting events, yet gregor powell's descriptions are flawless. powell is a gold-medal paralympic swimmer, but his memoir proves that his true strength is the power of his insights.what feature distinguishes this passage as a foreword?