She played it quick, she played it light and loose; my eyes, they dazzled at her flowing knees; her several parts could keep a pure repose, or one hip quiver with a mobile nose (she moved in circles, and those circles moved). source: roethke, theodore. “i knew a woman.” the collected poems of theodore roethke. new york: random house inc., 1961. poetry foundation. web. 9 june 2011. which of the following images from the excerpt indicates an exhilarated mood? i. “she played it quick, she played it light and loose; ” ii. “my eyes, they dazzled at her flowing knees; ” iii. “(she moved in circles, and those circles moved).” i only ii only i and iii i, ii, and iii

With the extra income, the bookers moved to a housing project. "loveman's village was brick," wash said, "and it was warm and well lit. there was a bathtub. it had hot and cold running water. there was a gas heater with a thermostat that came on whenever it got cold." how does this excerpt readers make a personal connection to the story?

Which word identifies the purpose of the essay? a. direction b. directive c. defectiveness d. none of these select the best answer from the choices provided a b c d

Javier is writing a literary analysis of the secret garden. read this introduction to his essay. frances burnett’s “the secret garden” explores the challenges of a sickly, self-centered little girl named mary lennox. after mary’s parents die of cholera, she moves from india to england to live at her uncle’s estate in yorkshire. while living at the old estate, mary discovers an abandoned garden that belonged to her deceased aunt. tending to the neglected garden brings mary joy, and her health improves. through mary’s transformation, burnett presents nature as a symbol of rebirth and healing. which piece of textual evidence should javier use to support the claim made in the introduction? a. “‘it’s in the garden no one can go into,’ she said to herself. ‘it’s the garden without a door. he lives in there. how i wish i could see what it is like! ’” b. “in india she had always felt hot and too languid to care much about anything. the fact was that the fresh wind from the moor had begun to blow the cobwebs out of her young brain and to waken her up a little.” c. “mary felt lonelier than ever when she knew she was no longer in the house. she went out into the garden as quickly as possible, and the first thing she did was to run round and round the fountain flower garden ten times.” d. “‘it isn’t a quite dead garden,’ she cried out softly to herself. ‘even if the roses are dead, there are other things alive.’”