Read the excerpt from "The Golden Cat." Great is the Golden Cat who treads The Blue Roof Garden o'er our heads, The never tired smiling One That Human People call the Sun. He stretches forth his paw at dawn And though the blinds are closely drawn His claws peep through like Rays of Light, To catch the fluttering Bird of Night. What is the meaning of the figurative language in lines 5 and 6? The drawn blinds hide the night from the cat. The cat paws at the blinds to let in the light. The sun pushes aside the night as if it were blinds. The sun rises at the edge of the dark sky.

What details of the first two paragraphs convey a sense of the ordinary,behind the scenes routines of film critics?

Read this passage: many manufacturers prefer plastic as a material for containers because it can be molded into many shapes. but plastic is not very strong. it must be fused with glass or steel for strength. it is also not very durable. even the strongest plastic can break under enough pressure. the biggest disadvantage to using plastic is that it does not decompose. while plastic can be recycled, doing so is tedious and difficult. while it may be more expensive and difficult to work with, aluminum is a much stronger building material with far greater tensile strength. it conducts electricity because it is metal. best of all, aluminum is very easy to recycle. even if it is thrown away, it decomposes much more quickly than most manufacturing materials. how does the compare-and-contrast organizational pattern of the passage support the author's purpose? a. the passage gradually leads up to the point about decomposition to inform the reader about the importance of recycling plastics. b. the passage lists the advantages and disadvantages of each material to make a case for the use of plastic and not aluminum in containers. c. the passage begins with a description of plastic's problems in order to call attention to the good qualities of aluminum. d. the passage shows the superiority of aluminum in order to make a case for the production of stronger plastics.

Why did the author of "how to jump-start a car battery" choose to use this image?