The air was cool, warmed only by a brilliant sun that stood high in the sky. the bare branches of the trees seemed lonely with the sudden loss of leaves. in sunny spots in the yard, the yellow, orange, and red patches of leaves were just calling the children home from school. any minute, they would come running and laughing into the yard. although it was still just early october, fall was coming to north carolina.
which set of word clues in the passage best you determine where the story takes place?
a.) sunny spots in the yard; calling the children home; north carolina
b.) sunny spots in the yard; school; early october
c.) high in the sky; sudden loss of leaves; yellow, orange, and red patches of leaves
d.) bare branches; yellow, orange, and red patches; air was cool

a conclusion based on evidence is an example of a. inference

1.creeping like a snail is a simile used in this poem and it means the child is going to school unwillingly./a child is unwilling to go to school.

2. man becomes very frail and loses his physical strength when he becomes old, so much that his leggings that used to fit him snugly when he was in his youth are now too loose for him to wear, and that his shank has shrunk so much that this worldly stage is too big for a feeble actor like him. although, 'his youthful hose' just refers to his leggings/pants/ to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.

3.the words "sans" means "without." it is a french word that is often used in english even today. so he is saying that in the last age of a man, the man is without eyes, taste, or anything else. he also says that this is the "last stage of all" and that it is the stage that ends a man's "history."

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part a.   = c.)

part b. = a.)

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