Locate the pronouns and helping (auxiliary) verbs and prepositions in the following sentence. Choose "auxiliary verb" for each auxiliary verb, "pronoun" for each pronoun, and "preposition" for each preposition. If the word is not a preposition, pronoun, or auxiliary verb, select "other." Jake said you would come with me. Note: do not include the main verb. Jake other said auxiliary verb v you pronoun would other come auxiliary verby with other me pronoun ​

Read the following excerpt from "the city without us" by alan weisman: almost every other compound in nature contracts when frozen, but h20 (water) molecules do the opposite, organizing themselves into elegant hexagonal crystals that take up about 9 percent more space than they did when sloshing around in a liquid state. pretty six-sided crystals suggest snowflakes so gossamer it's hard to conceive of them pushing apart slabs of sidewalk. which statement best describes the effect of the metaphor on the excerpt's meaning? o a. it likens h2o molecules to hexagonal crystals, which are actually larger than people imagine. o b. it makes the frozen crystals seem like friends to the city to contrast with what a deceitful foe they are. o c. it compares the sloshing liquid to a river of water able to push apart the sidewalk o d. it compares the frozen crystals to delicately lacy snowflakes having an unexpected strength (apex)