Read the following poem and then select the correct answer to the question below:

“i’m nobody! who are you? ” by emily dickinson

i’m nobody! who are you?
are you – nobody – too?
then there’s a pair of us!
don’t tell! they’d advertise – you know!

how dreary – to be – somebody!
how public – like a frog –
to tell one’s name – the livelong june –
to an admiring bog!

the use of the phrase admiring bog reveals the poet thinks that being well known is

a. unpleasant because everyone pays attention to what you do

b. challenging because it can be hard to know everyone well

c. nice because people want to be with you and you

d. rewarding because others look up to you as an example

a.

Explanation: In "I'm Nobody! Who are you?", by Emily Dickinson, the use of the phrase "admiring Bog", reveals the poet thinks that being well known is unpleasant because everyone pays attention to what you do. The poet claims she is nobody and that makes her excited. She doesn't need the approval of others. She enjoys living as "nobody" and finds dreadful to be considered as somebody to pay attention to.

a. Unpleasant because everyone pays attention to what you do

Explanation:

In this poem, Dickinson rejoices herself in being “nobody.” She shows her aversion to the public eye, attention, and fame while expressing how much she treasures keeping a private identity above all. The “admiring bog” is said to represent society who likes paying attention to other people's lives. Besides, the fact that the author compares society to a bog reinforces the idea that she finds attention to be unpleasant.

a. inform

explanation:

"how to" tells us that it will explain how to, which means to inform

in the short story the slip-over sweater by jesse stuart, the main character and narrator shan is friends with grace, an intelligent girl he has known since childhood and with whom he used to be in love.

at the beginning of the story, shan believes he’s no longer in love with grace, but loves jo-anne instead. in order to buy a slip-over sweater and have jo-anne wear it so that the other students would know she loved him too, shan takes a loan at the bank.

while jo-anne is wearing shan’s sweater, his friend grace starts to wear another popular boy’s one, roy’s sweater. because of that, the other students begin to pay attention to grace and compliment her perseverance and effort. they admire her for walking 5 miles to school every day, despite the weather, and still getting the best grades. shan, who knows all of that for a fact, says, as the narrator, ‘and i knew she had the durability and the toughness of a storm-battered mountain oak.’ he compares his friend’s strength – not only physical, but also of character – to an oak tree, whose wood is known for being sturdy.

as the story goes on, shan changes his behavior out of concern for the debt he has to pay at the bank. his new girlfriend jo-anne never asks him what is wrong nor offers any sort of . instead, she breaks up with shan for not being as fun as she thought he was supposed to be. grace, however, not only asks about shan’s problem, but him make the money he needs. shan can’t but notice how different the girls are and what a wonderful person grace is.   even though he used to find jo-anne prettier at the beginning of the story, he now says, ‘grace was as beautiful as our mountain was in april, prettier than a blossom of wild phlox or a mountain daisy.’ his comparing grace to a mountain or something that exists on a mountain (such as a mountain oak or daisy) certainly has important meaning since shan loves the mountain and everything about it and he knows the mountain thoroughly. shan also loves and knows grace as completely as he does the mountain.