In "say no to budget cuts," joshua argues that budget cuts will eliminate many services benefiting the community, including the children's story hour.

which is a piece of relevant evidence in support of joshua's claim and reasoning?

a: without story hour, the kids will be getting more tv and less literature.

b: the annual circulation of the library is .5 million volumes. that statistic means that the residents of our city borrowed approximately a half million volumes.

c: over the years, sitting in a circle with many other children, i must have listened to dozens of wonderful stories and poems.

d: i began attending these weekly events even before i was able to read; i was three or four years old, according to my mother.

Analyze lowell’s use of symbolism in the poem “for the union dead.” explain how lowell’s use of symbolism to develop one or more themes in the text.

“the bane of the internet” is written in first-person subjective point of view, so the narrator a) tells the story as it is happening b)tells the story as it is happened in the past c)is a minor character who tells the story as it is happening d)none of the above

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?