It was one of those messy, gray, drizzling days that can make you feel like you're running in place. I had stalled out on page 3 of the book !
was trying to write, so I decided to take a drive through the mountains.
As the road slicked under my tires, the evergreens on either side
blurred through the raindrops on my windshield. The thought kept
replaying in my mind, "I know exactly what I want my book to be about;
so why is it so difficult to write it?"
The above excerpt is most likely from a(n)
A) expository essay.
B) narrative essay.
C) persuasive essay.
D) research essay.

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here?

Boss: oh no! that’s the phone again! secretary: blank boss: . a. shall i take it? b. will you answer it? c. can you do me a favor? d. may i hang it up?

Which of the following is an element of plot