“In fact, the microbiome is so important that it is like an additional organ—a part of the body that serves a vital function, like the skin or kidneys.” What word or phrase could replace the second “like” in this sentence without changing the sentence’s meaning?

In “the things they carried”, why is jimmy unsure when martha calls the pebble “a token of her truest feelings”

Which is not among the style choices a writer would use, if he or she is trying to establish a formal writing style/

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.