Charlie wrote this introduction to an informative essay about the Renaissance. The Renaissance was a time of wild creativity. Many of the world’s most famous works of art were created during this period: da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, Michelangelo’s David, and Raphael’s The School of Athens. While these works of art are all very different at first glance, much about their making, style and history shares a common thread.

Based on this introduction, how should Charlie organize the rest of the essay?
A. Paragraph 1: causes of Renaissance; paragraph 2: effects of Renaissance on da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael
B. Paragraph 1: da Vinci’s Mona Lisa; paragraph 2: Michelangelo’s David; paragraph 3: Raphael’s The School of Athens
C. Paragraph 1: history of Renaissance; paragraph 2: effects of Renaissance on art; paragraph 3: effects of Renaissance on da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael
D. Paragraph 1: similarities between da Vinci’s Mona Lisa and Michelangelo’s David; paragraph 2: differences between da Vinci’s Mona Lisa and Raphael’s The School of Athens

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?

Read the excerpt from the land. in the late afternoon i did the same, but all the time i was on the stallion, i was aware that mitchell was watching me. he had appeared on the edge of the woods and had just stood there watching ghost wind and me as we went round and round the meadow. finally, on one of our turns past him, he said: "s'pose you thinkin' you a real somebody 'cause you can ride that stallion." i looked down at mitchell and stopped, knowing that despite our understanding, he was itching for a fight with me. now, i don't know what possessed me in that moment to say the next thing i did. maybe i was feeling guilty that because i was my daddy's son, i could ride ghost wind. maybe it was that, but it wasn't out of fear i said what i said. i no longer was afraid of mitchell. "you want to ride him? " i asked. mitchell took a step backward. it was obvious he hadn't expected me to say that. "you know i can't ride him," he said. "your white daddy'd kill me." "you want to ride him? " i asked again. mitchell looked at the stallion, then at me. "so, what if i do? " what intrinsic motivation does the author most likely intend the reader to infer from the passage? paul is motivated by his need to have mitchell praise his riding skills. mitchell is motivated by his need to have paul praise his riding skills. paul is motivated by jealousy and wishes he had free time like mitchell. mitchell is motivated by jealousy and wishes he could ride the horse.

Am i cute? ? well i think am. everyone says ugly everyone says i'm cute, which one is it? ? or is everyone just hating? ?