''I noticed how the skate parks near my old house kept kids off the sidewalks''. The writer is providing which kind of elaboration in the sentence? A. expert opinion B. example C. fact D. personal observation

Where does writer's block come from? briefly describe each of the four possible reasons that writer's block occurs. asap!

Multiple ! in this excerpt from act i, scene vi, of macbeth, duncan praises the atmosphere in the castle and the hospitality of his hostess. identify two reasons that these comments are ironic. duncan: this castle hath a pleasant seat: the air nimbly and sweetly recommends itself unto our gentle sense. . . (enter lady macbeth.) duncan: see, see, our honour'd hostess! — the love that follows us sometime is our trouble, which still we as love. herein i teach you how you shall bid god ild us for your pains, and us for your trouble. he will meet his death in the castle, which he considers a pleasant place. his praise for inverness and his hostess, lady macbeth, is deceptive. duncan secretly plans to give macbeth's title to donalbain. the hostess he praises is actually plotting his murder.

What is the metaphor used for captain beatty? what is he being compared to?