Read the passage. The two young cowboys scooped beans into their tin plates and sat down on the end of the buckboard, "What's your name?" said the older
of the two
"They call me Captain Billy. Who might you be?"
"I'm Red. This is your first cattle drive?"
"Yep." The younger man began to cough.
"You get a lot of dust back there riding drag, But don't worry, they won't put you there every day."
"I can take it."
"Didn't say you couldn't. Say, were you the one I saw trying to wrestle that doggie down, and got dragged into that patch of cactus?"
"Yeah that was me. I got most of the needles pulled out. Think I dislocated something."
"Thought you was limping pretty bad."
"It was my shoulder that got dislocated. I'm limping because some horse kicked me." Captain Billy then went into another coughing fit.
"Where you from, Billy?"
"Philadelphia
"That's a long way back East."
"Yeah, I came out here for my health."
Which line from the excerpt highlights the irony of the scene?
O 1. "They call me Captain Billy,"
2. "Didn't say you couldn't."
O 3. "That's a long way back East."

Read the following poem and analyze it for ideas, themes, and values that reflect the puritan era. be sure to ask the key questions as a guide for analysis.

Read the excerpt from dominique’s personal narrative. tired of waiting for the bus, which was late for the fifth day in a row, i sat leafing through an old magazine i had stuffed in my purse the previous night. it was terribly warm for a september afternoon, and the sun cast fleeting shadows on the bus stop sign with each car that passed. i wondered when the weather would get cooler and when the new bus driver would start arriving on time. it was about then that i first noticed the apparent agitation of the man sitting next to me. finally, the bus arrived and ambled to a gradual stop directly in front of the restless man. the doors widened, and the bus driver greeted the man with his usual banter in his usual monotone. "good afternoon. how are you today? ” when writing the next few lines of dialogue, dominique should be certain that the lines provide clues about what will happen later on in the narrative. contain made-up details that make the story more exciting. include everyday language that seems real and natural. use precise words that make both men sound educated.

Read the excerpt below and answer the question. she was a small woman, short and straight-waisted like a child in her brown cotton gown. her forehead was mild and benevolent between the smooth curves of gray hair; there were meek downward lines about her nose and mouth; but her eyes, fixed upon the old man, looked as if the meekness had been the result of her own will, never of the will of another. in at least one hundred words, explain how this excerpt uses explicit and implicit details to describe sarah penn.