Read the passage. excerpt from "a relay race to remember" sean positioned himself for the dive and then splashed in; in an instant, he was gliding through the water like a dolphin. he put plenty of distance between himself and the raiders’ swimmer as they turned into the final lap. as sean came down the stretch, it looked as though the water held out a hand and pulled him down the swim lane. he reached the wall first and immediately looked for his time on the screen. how does the simile "he was gliding through the water like a dolphin" affect the story? it offers malik's point of view on sean's swimming and further develops malik as a character. it provides a complete, if unsatisfying, ending to the story. it develops the theme of the story by making a comparison between how malik swam and how sean swam. it injects surprise into the story by making a comparison that conveys how well sean performs in the race.

Read the excerpt from act 1, scene 3, of julius caesar. cassius. am i not stayed for? tell me. cinna. yes, you are. o cassius, if you could but win the noble brutus to our party— cassius. be you content. good cinna, take this paper and look you lay it in the praetor’s chair, where brutus may but find it. and throw this in at his window. set this up with wax upon old brutus’ statue. all this done, repair to pompey’s porch, where you shall find us. is decius brutus and trebonius there? cinna. all but metellus cimber, and he’s gone to seek you at your house. well, i will hie, and so bestow these papers as you bade me. cassius. that done, repair to pompey’s theatre. what is cassius’s motivation for sending brutus the letter? cassius wants to make sure that cinna is on his side. cassius wants to reassure cinna that brutus will follow them. cassius wants to sway brutus to kill caesar. cassius wants to alert brutus about the conspiracy against him.

Based on this excerpt, the reader is able to conclude that turner feels about his friendship with lizzie.

From the glass menagerie: "suspended in the mist over berchtesgaden, caught in the folds of chamberlain's umbrella." who was chamberlain? a.paul chamberlain: tom's father b.neville chamberlain: prime minister of great britain. c.pedro chamberlain: amanda's drunkard husband d.cornelius chamberlain: gentleman caller for laura