Read the first stanza of the poem “America the Beautiful” by Katherine Lee Bates. O beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain, For purple mountain majesties Above the fruited plain! America! America! God shed His grace on thee And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea! Which of the following statements expresses a theme developed in stanza 1? A. The phrase “for purple mountain majesties” contributes to the theme of praising America’s physical beauty. B. The phrase “From sea to shining sea” contributes to the theme that America is similar from coast to coast. C. The phrase “for amber waves of grain” contributes to the theme of America’s abundance of food and how she shares this grain with other countries. D. The sentence “Above the fruited plain” contributes to the theme of praising America’s farmers.

Read the passage from a raisin in the sun. mama: lord have mercy, baby. you done gone and bought your grandmother a hat? travis (very proud): open it! she does and lifts out an elaborate, but very elaborate, wide gardening hat, and all the adults break up at the sight of it. ruth: travis, honey, what is that? travis (who thinks it is beautiful and appropriate): it's a gardening hat! like the ladies always have on in the magazines when they work in their gardens. beneatha (giggling fiercely): travis—we were trying to make mama mrs. miniver—not scarlett o'hara! mama (indignantly): what's the matter with you all! this here is a beautiful hat! (absurdly.) i always wanted me one just like it! which word or phrase from the text best supports the idea that the adults think the hat is inappropriate? “have mercy” (giggling fiercely) (indignantly) “what’s the matter”

Which statements are true about theme? check all that apply. themes are observations about life. themes can be stated in a sentence. themes and topics are the same thing themes are messages a text conveys about a topic examples of themes include loyalty, corruption, and greed. themes are rarely stated directly and need to be inferred by the reader.

The dust bowl years spanned 1930-1936, when a million acres of farmland across the plains became unusable due to severe drought and over-farming. when dust bowl conditions devastated farmers, many defaulted on their bank loans, which lead to the widespread bank failure. franklin d. roosevelt called for restoration in america with a promise that there are better days ahead. what is the best definition you can infer for the word "restoration" from the excerpt above? bringing back to former position or condition re-establish monarchy replacement giving back