Read the excerpt from “i am offering this poem.”

it’s all i have to give,
and all anyone needs to live,
and to go on living inside,
when the world outside
no longer cares if you live or die;
remember,

i love you.

how does the poet create a sense of rhythm in this excerpt?

a. by using a clear pattern for rhyming words
b. by writing lines that are similar in length
c. by repeating the word “and” in lines 2 and 3
d. by creating a pattern for stressing syllables

“to build a fire” what does the man do to try to get his feeling back in his hands?

Read the following excerpt from "harrison bergeron" by kurt vonnegut: he tried to think a little about the ballerinas. they weren't really very good-no better than anybody else would have been, anyway. they were burdened with sashweights and bags of birdshot, and their faces were masked, so that no one, seeing a free and graceful gesture or a pretty face, would feel like something the cat drug in. george was toying with the vague notion that maybe dancers shouldn't be handicapped. but he didn't get very far with it before another noise in his ear radio scattered his thoughts. what message about the role of media is best supported in this excerpt? a. media are the reason george is able to watch ballet. b. media change people's values, making them more selfish. c. media tend to make audiences' worldviews the same. d. media can be used to distract audiences from the truth.

Which event triggers the main problem in the folktale? a a handsome prince is cursed by his stepmother b the horse provides beauty with a magical mirror c the merchant picks roses for beauty d a group of bandits attack the merchant