Select the correct text in the passage. which sentence in this excerpt from the mother's recompense by edith wharton uses personification? with impatient fingers she began all over again. the maid's voice, seeming to come from a long way off, respectfully reminded her that the chocolate would be getting cold. mrs. clephane roused herself, looked about the room, and exclaimed: "my looking-glass, ." she wanted to settle that question of ages. as aline approached with the glass there was a knock at the door. the maid went to it, and came back with her small inward smile.

Demonstrating understanding of jem's development one way to demonstrate understanding of character and theme is by writing from the perspective of a character. for this assignment, compose a short poem from the perspective of jem. your poem should detail his feelings about either a. his father, atticus or b. mrs. dubose. the poem must accurately trace the progression of jem's attitudes and beliefs, highlighting the important events and shifts in his perspective detailed above. your writing should also sound like jem, using voice and word choice that reflects the voice and word choice found in the novel. the poem can be a free poem (meaning it does not need to rhyme or follow a particular format). it should be a minimum of twenty-lines in length, have a title, and follow conventional rules of spelling, grammar, and punctuation.