Read this sentence, which helps create the subjective tone of the World War I soldier's account of a mustard gas attack. Hundreds, after a dreadful fight for air, became unconscious and died where they lay.

Which of the sentences below conveys similar information in a very objective tone?

A. A total of 687 people were listed as dead from the gas.
B. The people died in a way that no one deserves to die.
C. It seems as though hundreds died from the horrible gas.
D. None of the hundreds of people escaped that horrid death.

Who thin the context of this excerpt from act 2, scene 1, of macbeth, what is the meaning of the word multitudinous?

Which website most likely provides reliable information about climate change?

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?