Read the excerpt from “a poem for my librarian, mrs. long.” and mrs. long opened that wardrobe but no lions or witches scared me i went through knowing there would be spring why does the poet most likely include this allusion to c. s. lewis’s book the lion, the witch, and the wardrobe? to emphasize that reading frightening tales made the speaker feel confident and strong to illustrate that the speaker read a variety of imaginary tales and children’s books to show that books were a source of comfort and imagination for the speaker to highlight the idea that the speaker relied on the librarian to find interesting books to read

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

Expand the outline you wrote in lesson 1 about the american dream into an argumentative research essay. as in most essays, you'll need to include an introduction, body, and conclusion. you'll also need to support your claim with evidence

Read this paragraph from chapter 5 of the prince. there are, for example, the spartans and the romans. the spartans held athens and thebes, establishing there an oligarchy: nevertheless they lost them. the romans, in order to hold capua, carthage, and numantia, dismantled them, and did not lose them. they wished to hold greece as the spartans held it, making it free and permitting its laws, and did not succeed. so to hold it they were compelled to dismantle many cities in the country, for in truth there is no safe way to retain them otherwise than by ruining them. and he who becomes master of a city accustomed to freedom and does not destroy it, may expect to be destroyed by it, for in rebellion it has always the watchword of liberty and its ancient privileges as a rallying point, which neither time nor benefits will ever cause it to forget. and whatever you may do or provide against, they never forget that name or their privileges unless they are disunited or dispersed, but at every chance they immediately rally to them, as pisa after the hundred years she had been held in bondage by the florentines. what idea is stressed in the passage? the desire for liberty the establishment of an oligarchy the dismantling of an acquired state the tendency toward rebellion