Title of the novel or short story: The Gift of the Magi Author: O. Henry

Identify the point of view in your novel or short story.
Provide a quotation from the text to support your answer.

Discuss two examples of suspense or humor created by point of view in your novel or short story.
Provide a quotation from the text to support your answers.

Identify an example of dramatic irony in your novel or short story. If your story has not presented any examples of dramatic irony, describe your own suggestion for adding dramatic irony to a scene from your novel or short story.

Place the steps of the strategy for reading technical information in the correct order.

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?

Compare and contrast the characters of miss temple and miss scatcherd from jane eyre, explaining how each functions as a model for jane. your answer should be at least 250 words.