Keep the following in mind as you prepare yourself by answering the following questions to write two paragraphs in which you utilize a change of focus between each paragraph.
what is the main idea of your first paragraph?
what is the main idea of your second paragraph?
which of the eight types of focus (time, place, action, mood, point of view, speaker, idea, or step) will you use to change the focus of the second paragraph?

What does tolstoy set up gerasim to be foil to praskoyva fedornovna

Select the indicate quotation that correctly sequences the verbs

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?