2 . Select the correct text in the passage. Which sentence best gets across the author's message in the story? A True Victory Kelso and his best friend, Adiel, had spent weeks building their go-cart for the annual Wolf Club go-cart race. Then, at the last minute, another team's go-cart broke down. Adiel and Kelso decided to let that team use their go-cart. But now they were regretting their decision. It was painful watching the race from the sidelines. When the first cart crossed the line, Adiel and Kelso couldn't helping wondering how it would have felt if they had won. Within seconds, other carts raced by. Instead of feeling glum, Kelso began to laugh. He delighted in the breeze that blew through his hair as the go-karts rushed past. Adiel noticed a genuine smile spread wide across Kelso's face. Adiel realized that this sense of happiness was also surging throughout his body, even though he had not raced. "You did a really nice thing today," whispered a nearby Wolf Club leader. "Thanks," said Adiel. "I guess I won't ever know if I could've won the race." "Well winning isn't one of the Wolf Club mottos," said the leader. "But we do believe that we should promise to do our best and do something good for somebody every day. I'd say you proved yourself today as one of the worthiest people here to be called a Wolf Cub." Adiel's mother soon appeared. "And I'm more proud of you now than I ever could have been if you had come in first," she said.​

What is the best definition of the underlined word as it is used in the sentence? a statement of wit or amusement an expression of disapproval or condemnation a sentiment of indifference or apathy an exclamation of profound admiration or esteem

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?

Hich line in this excerpt from jonathan swift's "a modest proposal" uses the rhetorical device of irony? and secondly, (there being a round million of creatures in humane figure throughout this kingdom, whose whole subsistence put into a common stock, would leave them in debt two million of pounds sterling), adding those who are beggars by profession, to the bulk of farmers, cottagers and labourers, with their wives and children, who are beggars in effect; i desire those politicians who dislike my overture, and may perhaps be so bold to attempt an answer, that they will first ask the parents of these mortals, whether they would not at this day think it a great happiness to have been sold for food at a year old, in the manner i prescribe, and thereby have avoided such a perpetual scene of misfortunes, as (they have since gone through, by the oppression of landlords, the impossibility of paying rent without money or trade, the want of common sustenance, with neither house nor cloaths to cover them from the inclemencies of the weather,) and the most inevitable prospect of intailing the like, or greater miseries, upon their breed for ever. i profess, in the sincerity of my heart, that( i have not the least personal interest in endeavouring to promote this necessary work, having no other motive than the publick good of my country,) by advancing our trade, providing for infants, relieving the poor, and giving some pleasure to the rich.( i have no children, by which i can propose to get a single penny; the youngest being nine years old, and my wife past child-bearing. reset next)