Read the excerpt from "paul revere's ride.”

he said to his friend, "if the british march
by land or sea from the town to-night,
hang a lantern aloft in the belfry arch
of the north church tower as a signal
one if by land, and two if by sea;
and i on the opposite shore will be,
ready to ride and spread the alarm
through every middlesex village and farm,
for the country folk to be up and to arm."

who is speaking in this excerpt?
a. paul revere
b. paul revere’s friend
c. a british soldier
d. a townsperson

Desalination is expensive because it requires

Match the audience to the description of each speech

The courage that my mother had went with her, and is with her still: rock from new england quarried; now granite in a granite hill. the golden brooch my mother wore she left behind for me to wear; i have no thing i treasure more: yet, it is something i could spare. oh, if instead she'd left to me the thing she took into the grave! - that courage like a rock, which she has no more need of, and i have. based on the 2nd stanza, how does the speaker feel about the golden brooch that was passed down from the mother to child? question 2 options: a: the speaker thinks it was a waste of money b: the speaker places a high value on the item c: the speaker never wears the brooch d: the speaker feels it could be easily replaced