Read the excerpt by joe, telling pip about his father: "i'll tell you. m' father, pip, he were given to drink, and when he were overtook with drink, he hammered away at my mother, most onmerciful. it were a'most the only hammering he did, indeed, 'xcepting at myself. and he hammered at me with a wigour only to be equalled by the wigour with which he didn't hammer at his anwil. - you're a-listening and understanding, pip? " in this excerpt, the action of "hammering" a. is personification of a hammer. b. invites the reader to understand why joe allows miss havisham to act the way she does. c. is a symbol for the kind of man joe seeks to become. d. has a double meaning, both of physically punishing and the hammering that a blacksmith does.

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?

Read the sentence below about the chicago fire of 1871. schaffer told someone else to strike the wrong alarm box and that caused a miscommunication during the chicago fire of 1871. which revision is the best example of adding concrete details? schaffer told another person in his office to sound the wrong alarm and that caused a big miscommunication during the chicago fire. schaffer told his assistant to strike the wrong alarm box and that caused a miscommunication during the massive chicago fire of 1871. schaffer mistakenly told his assistant to strike alarm box 342 instead of the correct box and that caused a miscommunication during a fire in chicago. schaffer mistakenly told his assistant to strike alarm box 342, and as a result, firefighters were directed to an incorrect location during the chicago fire of 1871.

Reading poetry to an audience is considered a form of a. vocal art. b. oral language. c. conversational skills. d. performance cues.