Read the following excerpt from “after the winter” by claude mckay.

and leaps the laughing crystal rill,
and works the droning bee.
and we will build a cottage there

how does the repetition of the word “and” affect the excerpt?

it creates a stronger rhythm.
it provides important details.
it provides a purpose.
it establishes the main idea.

What’s the difference between extract and abstract as nouns and verbs?

Which of the following sentences requires a colon to be correct? a. in his vacation suitcase, jonathan packed two pairs of pants, four shirts, his swimsuit, and his favorite pajamas. b. when she decided to write a letter, she grabbed her pen, paper, stamps, and address book. c. the new dessert recipe called for equal parts of sugar, cream, peanut butter, and crushed pecans. d. she gathered all of her ingredients to make a smoothie strawberries, blueberries, bananas, and yogurt.

From the life cycle of a plastic bottle, what is the best definition for the word “toxin”?