Read the excerpt from "introduction to poetry" by billy collins.

i ask them to take a poem
and hold it up to the light
like a color slide

or press an ear against its hive.

which line from the excerpt contains a metaphor?

How does tan build a central idea of her story in the excerpt? tan discusses the types of questions on achievement tests to support the idea that the tests limit students' ability to write well tan explains a question on a language achievement test to support the idea that the tests shd d include more interesting content tan gives an example of her experience with achievement tests to support the idea that they are not always accurate measures of language ability tan considers how her mother might answer a question on a test to support the idea that nonstandard english limits a person's ability to communicate

Which of the following statement about groups is likely false? a.)you can be part of one and not know it.b.)interdependence can lead to frustration.c.)there is usually a common purpose. d.)structure tends to exist within them.

What was a problem faced by many newly independent african countries