What is the significance of the title of the poem “tattoo” by gregg shapiro? a) it is a symbol for the speaker’s decision to let go of his family’s legacy and carve out his or her own identity. b) it refers to the system by which people were physically labeled in concentration camps during the holocaust. c) it is an allusion to the speaker’s ethnic heritage and traditions passed down through generations. d) it is an ironic title because the poem discusses the importance of the human body being left unmarked.

Read the excerpt from "black hole beginnings." as the star material gathers, its inward pressure grows. the nuclei respond by zipping and zooming faster and faster, veering away from each other all the while. which statement best describes the cause and effect relationship(s) in this excerpt? 1.one cause (star material gathers) leads to two effects (inward pressure grows and nuclei zip and zoom). 2.one cause (star material gathers) leads to one effect (inward pressure grows), which becomes a cause of two additional effects (nuclei zip and zoom, and nuclei veer away from each other). 3.one effect (nuclei zip and zoom) is the result of two causes (star material gathers and inward pressure grows). 4.two effects (inward pressure grows and nuclei veer away from each other) are the result of two causes (star material gathers and nuclei zip and zoom).