What is one clue word or phrase in the passage that indicates a contrast

Read the sentence. If your bicycle tire is low, use a pump to fill it with air. Which word is the direct object in the sentence?

Which of the follwing sentences is an example of a writer's use of faulty parallelism? 1) My Favortie foods are curry, girlled vegetables, and buying fried chicken. 2) My favortie food are steak, pizza, salad. ice cream, and fruit

You want to add the suffix ed to the following words. Which word would require you to change the y to an i? Betray Destroy Hurry Obey

From The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since.

He has plunged our seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our towns, and destroy the lives of our people. What rhetorical devices is being used?

Two houses both alike in dignity why is this verse an example of iambic pentameter

George's voice became deeper. He repeated his words rhythmically as though he had said them many times before. "Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family. They don't belong no place.

Joe is taking the train from his hometown to Georgetown and then back to his hometown. The distance to Georgetown is 350 miles. How much time will Joe spend traveling on the train if the train travels at an average speed of 42 mph

What are some words with four or more of the same letter repeating such as anaranjado, Madagascar, and Alabama?

Why does the poet begin each stanza with "I must go down to the seas again"? A. to lessen the speaker's reluctance to visit the ocean B. to suggest the speaker is waking from a dream C. to highlight how trapped the speaker feels D.