Read this passage. Five thousand! That's about how many advertisements you are exposed to in one day if you live in a metropolitan area. Researchers'
estimates of the actual number vary from three hundred to six thousand, but everyone knows that ads are everywhere. Advertising goes
down the street with us; it's on trains, planes, and buses. It shouts at us at sporting events from the banners on display and the electronic
scoreboards. Advertising takes the form of brand names and logos on our clothing and accessories. You can't even turn on the television
or check out your favorite website without watching an advertisement. At every point, advertising shouts, whispers, or cajoles us to
"Look at me! Buy me!"
Which of these best describes the cultural context of this passage?
The setting is in the future. The context highlights the importance of technology in advertising.
The setting is in the recent past. The context is about being more aware of what you are seeing in your everyday life.
The setting is in modern times. The context focuses on working toward owning material goods that are always being advertised to
people.
The setting is in the distant past. The context discusses how advertisers have changed their approach over time.

What is the poetic term for rhythm?

Javier is writing a literary analysis of the secret garden. read this introduction to his essay. frances burnett’s “the secret garden” explores the challenges of a sickly, self-centered little girl named mary lennox. after mary’s parents die of cholera, she moves from india to england to live at her uncle’s estate in yorkshire. while living at the old estate, mary discovers an abandoned garden that belonged to her deceased aunt. tending to the neglected garden brings mary joy, and her health improves. through mary’s transformation, burnett presents nature as a symbol of rebirth and healing. which piece of textual evidence should javier use to support the claim made in the introduction? a. “‘it’s in the garden no one can go into,’ she said to herself. ‘it’s the garden without a door. he lives in there. how i wish i could see what it is like! ’” b. “in india she had always felt hot and too languid to care much about anything. the fact was that the fresh wind from the moor had begun to blow the cobwebs out of her young brain and to waken her up a little.” c. “mary felt lonelier than ever when she knew she was no longer in the house. she went out into the garden as quickly as possible, and the first thing she did was to run round and round the fountain flower garden ten times.” d. “‘it isn’t a quite dead garden,’ she cried out softly to herself. ‘even if the roses are dead, there are other things alive.’”

According to the study what did john steinbeck do to prepare for his book the grapes of wrath