7. which of the following sentences from of wolves and men uses imagery to engage the reader? (1 point)
the wolf is three years old.
it is now late in the afternoon.
his ears are rammed forward, stiff.
it is not a time of year for much howling.

8. the speaker in “birches” dreams of climbing trees when (1 point)
he has been injured.
he sees an ice storm
life becomes too difficult.
he watches young children doing it.

9. which of the following lines from "birches" uses metaphor to create a strong image? (1 point)
"shattering and avalanching on the snow­crust—
such heaps of broken glass to sweep away . ."
"i should prefer to have some boy bend them
as he went out and in to fetch the cows—"
"like girls on hands and knees that throw their hair
before them over their heads to dry in the sun."
"broken across it, and one eye is weeping
from a twig's having lashed across it open.”

10. in the haiku by bashō, what is left of the warriors’ dreams? (1 point)
a dark pool
a quick frog
the splashing water
the summer grass

11. in an inconvenient truth, all of the following are at fault for relating too much greenhouse gas except. (1 point)
industry
technology
modern lifestyle
trees

12. in an inconvenient truth, an increase in greenhouse gases is dangerous because (1 point)
they trap more heat in earth's atmosphere.
they create holes in the atmosphere, releasing too much heat.
they reduce humans' ability to absorb oxygen through their lungs.
they increase the power of the sun, leading to negative effects such as skin cancer.

13. the text from an inconvenient truth features a subheading entitled "take action” with the
line: here are a few examples of actions you can take to make a difference.
who is the intended audience for this section of the text?
(1 point)
children.
parents.
politicians.
teachers.

14. choose the answer that best matches the word in italics.
the soldiers are issued infrared goggles to them see in the dark.
(1 point)
outside visible spectrum
creating light by radiating heat
emitting light by creating water vapor
producing light by adding electrons to a glowing material

15. in “the deadliest tsunami in history,” the cause of the indian ocean tsunami was (1 point)
a rupture in the burma plate.
an unintended explosion in japan.
a tornado off the coast of sumatra
mass animal migrations to the north.

16. in “the deadliest tsunami in history,” warning for an approaching tsunami can be difficult
because
(1 point)
the large waves are very small when out at sea.
they are so common that the signs are often unnoticed.
they are more frequent now because of the climate changes.
the equipment designed to warn for them has not been released for public use.

17. in “orphans give indian couple will to live,” the paramesvarans are offended by the term
orphans because
(1 point)
they feel they are now the parents to these children.
the government will not let the children be adopted by them.
mr. paramesvaran grew up without a father and knows how difficult it was.
they think the natural parents of the children will be found alive some day.

18. in “orphans give indian couple will to live,” the paramesvarans named their large home
namikai, which means hands of hope, because
(1 point)
they had to dig the graves for their children with their bare hands.
together with their new large family, they can rebuild their village.
their new family gave them hope when they were considering suicide.
they hope to have many more children move into their home with them

7. C His ears are rammed forward, stiff.

In literature,imagery refers to the use of figurative language in order to give visualization that describe a certain thing in the writing. It help transpire the idea of what the authors imagine in their head so the audiences could understand it.

8.D he watches young children doing it.

when he watch them, it evoke a feeling of curiosity whether he would ever felt again the feeling of freedom like he was children. He observed that the children managed to do various movement in the trees and yet the trees still maintain its structure. He tried to do the same and it's broke since it cannot support the weight of adults.

9.D "Broken across it, and one eye is weeping From a twig's having lashed across it open"

metaphor is used to compare or connect two different things that are not related with one another . The metaphor in option D is intended to  create a strong image on the damage that is caused by the lashing twigs to the character.

10.A. a dark pool

The dark pool indicates the loneliness that felt by the warriors. After all of their efforts were done, the warriors left wondering whether their efforts, and all the killings actually meant something or if it's just a pointless brutes that did not achieve anything.

11. D. trees

The existence of trees actually reduce the amount of greenhouse gases in the environment. They absorb it as an ingredients for their photosynthetic process and produce a clean oxygen along with h2o as the end result of the process.

12 A. .they trap more heat in Earth's atmosphere.

When this happen over time, the average temperature that all living organisms felt on earth would keep increasing. Because many organisms could not stand living in an environment with a certain heat level, they would eventually become extinct.

13.A. Children

Through the line, the author want to educate the children since early age regarding the danger that global warming might possess and encourage this children to start develop a habit that sustainable for the environment since early age.

14 .A.  outside visible spectrum

Colors that belong in the visible spectrum have an electromagnetic portion that can be caught by human eyes. 'Darkness' is a situation when our eyes cannot caught any of the visible spectrum. So we can technically say that black or dark is not a color.

15. A. rupture in the Burma plate.

The rupture in the Burma plate creates an undersea megathrust earthquake on sea water that located on top of it. The earthquake created a wave that gradually move to the direction of Sumatra Island and eventually become the deadliest tsunami in history.

16. A. the large waves are very small when out at sea.

When Tsunami initially formed, its sized did not automatically become as big as it is when it arrive on lands. The waves started our very small and gradually get bigger as it got closer to the land, which make it became undetected from very far away.

17. A. they feel they are now the parents to these children.

The term 'Orphan' indicate that the children have no adult parents that they can relied on. Since the couple are willing and had been doing all the responsibilities of a parent to the children, they got offended when they hear the term.

18.B together with their new large family, they can rebuild their village

The couple and the children realize that people in their village live in a very harsh condition and many of the people who live there struggles every day and desperately hope for someone to help them. The Paramesvarans thrive to be the provider of that hope

dr. kings dream speech

explanation:

it was late in the day and hot, and after a long march and an afternoon of speeches about federal legislation, unemployment and racial and social justice, the rev. dr. martin luther king jr. finally stepped to the lectern, in front of the lincoln memorial, to address the crowd of 250,000 gathered on the national mall.

- "d.)  describe the iroquois belief of how the earth was created. for the iroquois, there was no reason to explain the importance of rituals. also, as animists, they didn't need a special elaboration as to why animals are important or why they had a crucial role in the earth's creation. this is just an authentic myth that explains the creation of the earth. every culture has produced creation myths."