Which statement best uses formal language to present an issue to a school board in a formal email? “three traffic accidents occurred at the entrance to westville high school in the last month alone.” “you really should have a cop direct traffic at the school’s entrance before someone gets hurt.” “perhaps you’ve already considered speed bumps, but i think it’s high time to look into them again.” “when traffic is not completely jammed, drivers zoom past the school entrance like wild people! ”

Read the excerpt below from the poem "exile" by julia alvarez and answer the question that follows. i let myself lie back in deep waters, my arms out like jesus' on his cross, and instead of sinking down like i'd always done, magically, that night, i could stay up, floating out past the driveway, past the gates, in the black ford, papi grim at the wheel, winding through the back roads, stroke by difficult stroke, out on the highway, heading toward the coast. which literary device is used in the comparison between the speaker's experience of fleeing the country and floating in the ocean? i let myself lie back in deep waters, my arms out like jesus' on his cross, and instead of sinking down like i'd always done, magically, that night, i could stay up, extended metaphor symbolism simile theme