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Read the excerpt.
From "My Last Duchess" by Robert Browning ... She had A heart-how shall I say?-too soon made glad, Too easily
Impressed, she liked whate'er She looked on, and her looks went everywhere. Sir, twas all onel My favor at her breast, The
dropping of the daylight in the West, The bough of cherries some officious fool Broke in the orchard for her, the white mule She
rode with round the terrace-all and each would draw from her alike the approving speech, Or blush, at least. She thanked men-
good! but thanked Somehow-I know not how-as if she ranked My gift of a nine-hundred-year-old name with anybody's gift.
In these lines, what complaint does the speaker make about his late wife?
She lacked Intelligence and did not take life seriously,
She lived for the present and had no respect for the past.
She was too free with her appreciation of and enjoyment of others.
She was vain and expected to be showered with attention and gifts.

Match each excerpt with the type of essay it represents. descriptive essay narrative essay expository essay persuasive essay essay excerpt type of essay when hal arrives at the pond, a bleak sight greets him as he discovers the surface of the skating pond is layered with snow. realizing he is facing a monumental task, he industriously begins to shovel the mounds of new snow from the frozen pond. lifting shovelful after shovelful of heavy wet snow, hal tirelessly works. while he works, he dreams of his brilliant future as a magnificent hockey star. soon a massive pile of glistening snow begins to appear on the bank, and the icy surface of the pond is smooth glass. hal’s back and arms ache as he eagerly exchanges his work boots for an old, worn pair of hockey skates. arrowright potter's lake used to be the nicest lake in the area. but these days the water is green with algae, and the lake is choked with weeds all summer long. as a result, people can no longer swim in it. experts have determined the cause of the problem. fertilizers from yards and farms have been running into the lake. they cause algae and weeds to grow out of control. they also kill birds and fish. arrowright a hard, gray mountain loomed over a serene, florescent-blue lake, which gently lapped at its granite base. miles above the lake, a trio of mountain peaks jutted into the sky. each seemed to be topped with a chilled scoop of vanilla ice cream. as a cold and distant sun crept over the peaks, the lake and valley below instantly became suffused with blue light, which seemed to touch everything but warm nothing. morning had arrived. arrowright since 1897, the population of the bachman's warbler in north carolina has decreased from more than 500,000 to fewer than 100. the main reason is the destruction of areas (like asbury woodlands) that the bird uses for its natural breeding grounds. bachman's warblers prefer thickly wooded swamps and wet thickets in heavy, full-grown forests. it’s there that they can build their nests and feed on insects. this fact does not mean that we cannot build a community theater. we simply must not build it in asbury woodlands. after all, our community has forever prided itself on caring for our natural surroundings. with the council’s and the support of our townspeople, future generations will be able to continue to appreciate the beauty of this little bird

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Geoffrey is writing a paper investigating friendly-fire incidents in recent us military actions. which paragraph topic would be relevant to his paper and would therefore merit inclusion in his final draft? a) a paragraph criticizing us military actions in the viet nam war b) a paragraph discussing how friendly-fire incidents are investigated c) a paragraph describing what basic boot camp is like for a new army enlistee eliminate d) a paragraph discussing how hard an extended military service can be on a family