Read the excerpt from chapter 32 of The Awakening.
The pigeon house pleased her. It at once assumed the intimate character of a home, while she herself invested it with a
charm which it reflected like a warm glow. There was with her a feeling of having descended in the social scale, with a
corresponding sense of having risen in the spiritual. Every step which she took toward relieving herself from obligations
added to her strength and expansion as an individual. She began to look with her own eyes; to see and to apprehend the
deeper undercurrents of life. No longer was she content to "feed upon opinion" when her own soul had invited her.
How does Edna's move into the pigeon house reflect her changing priorities ?
The move shows that she has come to value her relationship with her husband, because she hopes he will move there with
her
The move shows that she is becoming more concerned with growing as a person than keeping up appearances.
The move shows that she is becoming increasingly worried about upsetting her husband with her spending habits.
The move shows that she is learning that societal values should come before her personal values.

Constructed response paragraph: after reading “the case for short words,” do you think the author makes a convincing case that short words are effective? explain your answer and support it with evidence from the selection.

Drag each excerpt to its poetic structure. what poetic structures are evident in these poetry excerpts blank verse ballad stanza something there is that doesnt love a wall

Which sentence in this excerpt from leo tolstoy’s the death of ivan ilyich suggests that ivan ilyich aspired to be part of the elite in society from a young age? a.ivan ilyich was  le phenix de la famille  as people said.  he was neither as cold and formal as his elder brother nor as wild as the younger, but was a happy mean between them—an intelligent polished, lively and agreeable man.b.  even when he was at the school of law he was just what he remained for the rest of his life:   a capable, cheerful, good-natured, and sociable man, though strict in the fulfillment of what he considered to be his duty:   and he considered his duty to be what was so considered by those in authority.c.neither as a boy nor as a man was he a toady, but from early youth was by nature attracted to people of high station as a fly is drawn to the light, assimilating their ways and views of life and establishing friendly relations with them.d.all the enthusiasms of childhood and youth passed without leaving much trace on him; he succumbed to sensuality, to vanity, and latterly among the highest classes to liberalism, but always within limits which his instinct unfailingly indicated to him as correct.e.at school he had done things which had formerly seemed to him very horrid and made him feel disgusted with himself when he did them;