You have read “Golden Glass” and “There Is a Tree That Stands,” about two boys who want to grow up. Using details from the passage and the poem, write an essay arguing who achieves their goal of growing up more, Ted in “Golden Glass” or the speaker in “There Is a Tree That Stands.” In your essay, be sure to explain the relationships Ted and the speaker have with their mothers and Ted’s and the speaker’s feeling about growing up. Write a well-organized, text-dependent response. Be sure to save time to edit and review your work for complete sentences, spelling, punctuation, and appropriate language.

Read the excerpt from "the love song of j. alfred prufrock." and indeed there will be time to wonder, “do i dare? ” and, “do i dare? ” time to turn back and descend the stair, with a bald spot in the middle of my hair— [they will say: “how his hair is growing thin! ”] my morning coat, my collar mounting firmly to the chin, my necktie rich and modest, but asserted by a simple pin— [they will say: “but how his arms and legs are thin! ”] do i dare disturb the universe? in a minute there is time for decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse. which lines indicate that the speaker is concerned about what others think of him?

Which statements describe the last two lines of a shakespearean sonnet? select three options.

Saved in marigolds, what do the following lines from the passage mainly reveal about lizabeth? suddenly i was ashamed, and i did not like being ashamed. the child in me sulked and said it was all in fun, but the woman in me flinched at the thought of the malicious attack that i had led.