Which statement BEST explains how the setting of this story influenced the characters' decisions?
A)
Because the characters are outside after lunch, they
come up with idea to have a race around the grassy
field.
B)
The characters decide that they will have a big picnic
since they are already outside and it's such a
beautiful day.
The bad weather in the story forces the characters to
-) simply talk about who is the fastest runner rather
than proving it with a race.
Because the students are traveling in a line with their
2) teacher, they decide to rebel against their teacher
and stage a forbidden race.

What sound device is used in the following excerpt from how the animals lost their tails and got them back traveling from philadelphia to medicine hat by carl sandburg

Javier is writing a literary analysis of the secret garden. read this introduction to his essay. frances burnett’s “the secret garden” explores the challenges of a sickly, self-centered little girl named mary lennox. after mary’s parents die of cholera, she moves from india to england to live at her uncle’s estate in yorkshire. while living at the old estate, mary discovers an abandoned garden that belonged to her deceased aunt. tending to the neglected garden brings mary joy, and her health improves. through mary’s transformation, burnett presents nature as a symbol of rebirth and healing. which piece of textual evidence should javier use to support the claim made in the introduction? a. “‘it’s in the garden no one can go into,’ she said to herself. ‘it’s the garden without a door. he lives in there. how i wish i could see what it is like! ’” b. “in india she had always felt hot and too languid to care much about anything. the fact was that the fresh wind from the moor had begun to blow the cobwebs out of her young brain and to waken her up a little.” c. “mary felt lonelier than ever when she knew she was no longer in the house. she went out into the garden as quickly as possible, and the first thing she did was to run round and round the fountain flower garden ten times.” d. “‘it isn’t a quite dead garden,’ she cried out softly to herself. ‘even if the roses are dead, there are other things alive.’”

In act 5, which of the following seems to carry power in rome? a. violence b. rhetoric c. hope d. defeat