⚠⚠ read the excerpt from "the shepherd's boy and the wolf." a shepherd's boy was tending his flock near a village, and thought it would be great fun to hoax the villagers by pretending that a wolf was attacking the sheep: so he shouted out, "wolf! wolf! " and when the people came running up he laughed at them for their pains. he did this more than once, and every time the villagers found they had been hoaxed, for there was no wolf at all. at last a wolf really did come, and the boy cried, "wolf! wolf! " as loud as he could: but the people were so used to hearing him call that they took no notice of his cries for . and so the wolf had it all his own way, and killed off sheep after sheep at his leisure. which statement best represents the moral of this fable?
a. with careful planning, it is easy to fool others.
b. a liar will not be believed even when telling the truth.
c. sometimes it is better to be silent than to speak out.
d. it is important to think carefully before taking action.

In a raisin in the sun what does ruth tell walter: a. she’s not mad at him for going out drinking. b. he should invest in the liquor store. c. things between them are worse than she realized. d. he should be nicer to george

"the children's hour" by henry wadsworth longfellow between the dark and the daylight, when the night is beginning to lower, comes a pause in the day's occupations, that is known as the children's hour. i hear in the chamber above me the patter of little feet, the sound of a door that is opened, and voices soft and sweet. from my study i see in the lamplight, descending the broad hall stair, grave alice, and laughing allegra, and edith with golden hair. a whisper, and then a silence: yet i know by their merry eyes they are plotting and planning together to take me by surprise. a sudden rush from the stairway, a sudden raid from the hall! by three doors left unguarded they enter my castle wall! they climb up into my turret o'er the arms and back of my chair; if i try to escape, they surround me; they seem to be everywhere. they almost devour me with kisses, their arms about me entwine, till i think of the bishop of bingen in his mouse-tower on the rhine! do you think, o blue-eyed banditti, because you have scaled the wall, such an old mustache as i am is not a match for you all! i have you fast in my fortress, and will not let you depart, but put you down into the dungeon in the round-tower of my heart. and there will i keep you forever, yes, forever and a day, till the walls shall crumble to ruin, and moulder in dust away! which literary device does longfellow use most frequently in the poem? a. simile b. metaphor c. repetition d. personification

In the poem, collins compares his love to a pigeon on a generals head