As you read the following excerpt from "Po-No-Kah," look for word choices that create a negative connotation: "With a sinking heart he heard the heavy thump of the club as each warrior gave his cruel vote, until at last one chief, holding the club in the air, pointed with a meaning gesture-first at Tom, then at Rudolph and Kitty." Which words have the greatest effect on the tone of the passage?

last, gesture

heavy, warrior

sinking, cruel

Read the excerpt below and answer the question. she dwelt among the untrodden ways beside the springs of dove, a maid whom there were none to praise and very few to love: a violet by a mossy stone half hidden from the eye! --fair as a star, when only one is shining in the sky. she lived unknown, and few could know when lucy ceased to be; but she is in her grave, and, oh, the difference to me! (wordsworth, “she dwelt among the untrodden ways”) which option explains a meaning implied by the use of the adjective untrodden in the excerpt? the maid was lost in the woods. the maid lived in a rural setting. the maid was a nature spirit. the maid suffered a life without joy.

Which of the following best describes the setting of "marigolds"?

Select all that apply. identify the objective case personal pronouns. i me you him, her he, she it we us them they