'' Because the way you grow old is kind of like an onion or like the rings inside a tree trunk or like my little wooden dolls that fit one inside the other.’’ (Make an inference about the figurative language used. What is the author trying to say? Why is he/she using this device? What main idea is it helping us understand? What tone is it trying to create? )

Based on the passage, what is the most important thing in lauren's life right now?

Isaw him _ .(a)danced (b)dance (c)dancing

Which statement best describes a difference between the poem "ellis island" and the essay ": a native american view"? the poem discusses difficulties encountered by europeans, but the essay does not. the essay discusses the identity of the author, but the poem does not. the poem discusses immigration in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, but the essay does not. the essay discusses hopes for america, but the poem does not.