describe an important piece of the backstory from your novel or short story.
provide a quotation from the text to support your answer.

the story i read was "to build a fire," by jack london.

Which pair of words most accurately describes how atticus is characterized in to kill a mockingbird? moral and excitable calm and disinterested weary and wry wise and guiding

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?

What does hofmann use of the pronoun it imply about the sister feeling about gregor