Based on the dialogue between ruth and walter in the following excerpt, how would you describe their relationship?

walter: you want to know what i was thinking ‘bout in the bathroom or not!

ruth: i know what you thinkin ‘bout.

walter: (ignoring her) ‘bout what me and willy harris was talking about last night.

ruth: (immediately—a refrain) willy harris is a good-for-nothing loudmouth.

walter: anybody who talks to me has got to be a good-for-nothing loudmouth, ain't he?

a). happy
b). annoyed
c). thoughtful
d). curious
e). strained

Imagine that you have just moved to a new city.write a short letter to your best friendtelling him or her about the move.be sure to include the date and your new address.use additional paper ifnecessary

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?

Some one drawing water and my theater placed my hand under the spout. as the cool stream gushed over one hand she spelled into the other the word water , first slowly , then rapidly . i stood still ,my whole attention fixed upon the motions of her fingers . suddenly i felt misty consciousness as of soothing forgotten --a thrill of returning thought and somehow the mystery of language was revealed to me this passage from the stoyof my life is an wxample of which element of plotclimax action