“I remember vividly the flickering light, in his broad head silhouette, the dance of the shadows, how we all followed him, puzzled by incredulous and how there in the laboratory we beheld a larger edition of the little mechanism which we had seen before our eyes” what is the figurative language ?

He now spent his days in his house, from room to room. which verb best completes the sentence?

Describe your passion for sports (100 words or less). required

Read the excerpt from the poem "growing up italian" by maria mazziotti gillan and answer the question that follows. when i was a little girl, i thought everyone was italian, and that was good. we visted our aunts and uncles, and they visted us. the italian language smooth and sweet in my mouth. in kindergarten, english words fell on me, thick and sharp as hail. i grew silent, the italian word balanced on the edge of my tongue and the english word, lost during the first moment of every question. source: gillan, maria mazziotti. "growing up italian." poetrymagazine. com. poetry magazine, n. d. web. 30 mar. 2011. what is the tone of this poem? what does the tone reveal about the speaker of the poem and the conflict she faces? based on this excerpt, what can you predict about the theme of the poem?