My House, It Cries What is revealed by the repetition of the
words, "Help, please help throughout the
poem?
This noisy house of mine
Complains so much of the time.
Out of bed, as my foot hits the ground
A creaking moan begins to sound.
the mistaken order of the speaker's tasks
"Help, please help," loose floorboards say
But I must hurry to begin my work day
"Help, please help," they still insist.
"Later," I say, and yet they persist.
the speaker's nagging feeling of responsibility
the loud volume of the speaker's music
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Then, in the kitchen a soggy surprise.
I look up at the ceiling and rub my eyes
Drip, drip, drip. What is that sound?
A puddle of rain, like tears on the ground.
the speaker's busy work schedule
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Select the correct answer. which groups fought in the trojan war? a. mycenaeans and minoans b. greeks and trojans c. minoans and greeks d. minoans, mycenaeans, and trojans

Read the excerpt from "home front diary." jimmy simmons stopped by today to tell me that he had enlisted in the army. he asked me if i would write to him, and i said i would. i told him that i've been writing to my uncle arthur and susan's cousin john for about a year, and as an experienced correspondent i had some advice about all the censorship. "don't write down any information about your location or the number of soldiers in your unit because the censors will cut all of that away," i said. "in my experience, loose lips not only sink ships, they make letters look like snowflake decorations! ” well, he belly laughed over that one. how is the author's perspective different from jimmy's? the author has been to war and she can give jimmy advice. jimmy has become a soldier and does not believe the author’s advice. the author has experience writing to soldiers but jimmy does not. jimmy has more experience at letter writing than the author.

Explain the subject-verb agreement rule that applies to a singular collective subject functioning as a single unit. demonstrate your understanding of the rule by composing a sentence that uses the singular collective subject "crew”