Read the following sentence from the story: “‘Sometimes,’ Sestina said, ‘painters have to paint something painful in order to avoid painting something that’s just another painting repeated.’” A) Sestina believes that painters would rather paint something that looks like another painting than paint something painful.
B) Sestina believes that painters would rather paint something painful than paint something that looks like another painting.
C) Sestina believes that painters make paintings because they enjoy causing pain in people who visit art museums.
D) Sestina believes that painters should make more paintings that look like other paintings and fewer paintings that are painful.

What might influence people’s perspectives? check all that apply. their field of study their community their family background their individual interests their personal experiences their socioeconomic background

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?

Read the excerpt. “this is a train-servicing station and we have to wait for a train.” he shakes his head. i smile. “it’d be nice if we could get one.” lauren mizock has revised her draft of “train tracks” to convey plot events using