1. Why was Nat not so much concerned about the robins and wrens as he was about the gulls?
A. The gulls are bigger
B. They would fly away
C. They were the nice birds
D. There weren't as many as the other birds.

Constructed response paragraph: after reading “the case for short words,” do you think the author makes a convincing case that short words are effective? explain your answer and support it with evidence from the selection.

2read this passage from "the raven." what is puzzling the speaker in this stanza? 60% but the raven still beguiling my sad fancy into smiling, straight i wheeled a cushioned seat in front of bird, and bust and door then, upon the velvet sinking, i betook myself to linking fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous bird of yore- what this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt and ominous bird of yore meant in croaking "nevermore." s and what the raven's message is why the raven came to visit where the raven came from how the raven got into his room

(the black cat poem) where does the writer fail to support her points with evidence? what evidence from the story would you suggest adding to support these points?