The cherry tree Q. “But the cherry tree had no intention of dying.” Do
you agree with it? Support your opinion with examples.

Read this excerpt from "birdfoot's grampa.” but, leathery hands full of wet brown life, knee deep in the summer roadside grass, he just smiled and said they have places to go to too. based on the excerpt, what will readers most likely infer about grampa? a he is accepting of his grandson’s ignorance. b he is irritated by his grandson’s impatience. c he believes he will not be able to save all the toads. d he believes his grandson should not talk back.

Read the stanza below from the poem “tattoo” by gregg shapiro and answer the question that follows. if i could trade places with him i would pad the rest of his days wrap him in gauze and velvet absorb the shocks and treat his wounds i would scrub the numbers from his flesh extinguish the fire and give him back his life what does shapiro use to create the conceit in the lines above? a) he carries one line of poetry onto the next. b) he paints vivid word pictures that trigger the imagination by appealing to the five senses. c) he directly expresses a metaphor using like, as, or than. d) he uses physical protection to represent emotional protection.

Who is ¨ the guilty party¨ at the end of the text, and how do his actions contribute to the storys theme?