Ralph is the first to bring up the importance of keeping a fire lit on the island.
which best explains the symbolism of the fire?
the wildness of their environment
violence and savagery
hope and rescue
order and civilization
maybe d

Which line in this excerpt from the great gatsby by f. scott fitzgerald contains a simile? about half way between west egg and new york the motor-road hastily joins the railroad and runs beside it for a quarter of a mile, so as to shrink away from a certain desolate area of land. this is a valley of ashes—a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens where ashes take the forms of houses and chimneys and rising smoke and finally, with a transcendent effort, of men who move dimly and already crumbling through the powdery air. occasionally a line of grey cars crawls along an invisible track, gives out a ghastly creak and comes to rest, and immediately the ash-grey men swarm up with leaden spades and stir up an impenetrable cloud which screens their obscure operations from your sight.

Which statement describes the central idea of the text in the story learning about the holocaust

Which of the following describes the structure of this excerpt best? a.free verse b.sonnet c.ballad d.blank verse