Read the excerpt from "Object Lesson, Part 2." Ellery glanced at the clock. 9:29. Six minutes left in which not only to find the money but identify the thief! How does the author add tension in this excerpt?
A. with the protagonist’s conflict
B. with unexplained action
C. with an incomplete idea
D. with a sense of urgency

Read the excerpt from the poem "growing up italian" by maria mazziotti gillan and answer the question that follows. when i was a little girl, i thought everyone was italian, and that was good. we visted our aunts and uncles, and they visted us. the italian language smooth and sweet in my mouth. in kindergarten, english words fell on me, thick and sharp as hail. i grew silent, the italian word balanced on the edge of my tongue and the english word, lost during the first moment of every question. source: gillan, maria mazziotti. "growing up italian." poetrymagazine.com. poetry magazine, n.d. web. 30 mar. 2011. what is the tone of this poem? what does the tone reveal about the speaker of the poem and the conflict she faces? based on this excerpt, what can you predict about the theme of the poem?

Use a subordinate conjunction to combine these two sentences into one sentence. the journalist met a source at the hotel. this way he would get facts for an article.

The denouement comes at the beginning of a story a. true b. false