Click to read "Loveliest of Trees, the Cherry Now" by A. E. Housman. Then answer the question.
Which line(s) from the poem best develop(s) the author's idea that people
should appreciate life because it is short?
A. Loveliest of trees, the cherry now / Is hung with bloom along the
bough.
B. And since to look at things in bloom/Fifty springs are little room.
C. Now, of my threescore years and ten, / Twenty will not come again,
gain
.
D. Wearing white for Eastertide.

Read the paragraph from nick’s personal narrative. standing alone in my family’s barn, i thought about how much hard work and time my parents had invested—how much hard work and time we had all invested—in maintaining a fully operational farm. i did not remember a time when my clothes had not reeked of manure or my hair had not held fast to brittle pieces of straw. what would happen if my parents had to sell the farm so we could move closer to my grandparents? just as i was attempting to imagine a life in the city, a sudden commotion erupted and interrupted my thoughts. with animals squawking and dust flying, i scrambled to pinpoint the source of this unexpected intrusion. in seconds that felt more like minutes, i was successful . . and i could scarcely believe what my eyes were seeing. which element of a personal narrative would be best for nick to include next?

Why is this passage an example of inductive reasoning? d: the author starts by using specific information in order to prove a more general theory

Read the excerpt from the odyssey; 'o cyclops! would you feast on my companions? puny am i, in a caveman's hands? how do you like the beating that we gave you, you d(arn)ed cannibal? eater of guests under your roof! zeus and the gods have paid you! ' according to this excerpt, odysseus (a)is fearful of the cyclops. (b)is prideful and overly confident. (c)has been weakened by the cyclops. (d)has regrets about staying on the island.