Form your own thoughts about the position of poet laureate. You might consider the lasting impact they have had. You might look at the persons chosen to be poet laureate and whether there are any groups of poets that seem over or under represented. You might look collectively at the projects undertaken by the poets laureate and consider whether there is any critical action that has not yet been addressed

Choose the letter of the word that most clearly expresses the tone in each passage. if you are unfamiliar with any of the words, look them up before you select the correct answer. we have come together this afternoon to mourn the deaths of sixteen miners—our friends and neighbors—who were trapped by fire yesterday, deep below the earth. they lived bravely and they died too soon, leaving behind grieving wives and bewildered children. we bid them a final farewell. question 1 options: forgiving sorrowful angry amused

How would you check a statement to determine that it is a simile?

What inference can a reader make based on the information in the excerpt?