"harlem" by langston hughes what happens to a dream deferred? does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? or fester like a sore— and then run? does it stink like rotten meat? or crust and sugar over— like a syrupy sweet? maybe it just sags like a heavy load. or does it explode? source: hughes, langston. "harlem." 1951. approaching literature in the 21st century: fiction, poetry, drama. ed. peter schakel and jack ridl. boston: bedford/st. martin's, 2005. 546. print. what literary device or devices does langston hughes use in the poem? how does the device or devices contribute or emphasize the theme of the poem? explain.

He leaned his head against the wall; his eyes were shut, his hands clasped in each other, and his body seemed to be sustained in an upright position merely by the cellar-door against which he rested his left shoulder. the lethargy into which he was sunk seemed scarcely interrupted by my feeling his hand and his forehead. his throbbing temples and burning skin indicated a fever . . there was only one circumstance that hindered me from forming an immediate determination in what manner this person should be treated. my family consisted of my wife and a young child. our servant-maid had been seized, three days before, by the reigning malady, and, at her own request, had been conveyed to the hospital. we ourselves enjoyed good health, and were hopeful of escaping with our lives. our measures for this end had been cautiously taken and carefully adhered to. they did not consist in avoiding the receptacles of infection, for my office required me to go daily into the midst of them; nor in filling the house with the exhalations of gunpowder, vinegar, or tar. they consisted in cleanliness, reasonable exercise, and wholesome diet. who is the story’s first-person narrator

Select the dangling modifier in the paragraph. yesterday was a rough day. running for the bus, the rain began to pour. then, at guitar lessons, i had to play a song i hadn’t practiced. while walking home, i turned my ankle. my swollen ankle caused me to limp.

Which sentence uses the present progressive tense of drink