Read the lines below There were ten thousand thousand fruit to touch,
Cherish in hand, lift down, and not let fall.

Which meaning is suggested by the author’s use of language in these lines?

A) The apples signify the number of hours the speaker has contributed to the harvest, as he realizes he still has hours of work ahead.

B) The apples suggest the speaker believes he is good at what he does, despite the fact that many do not appreciate him.

C) The apples represent all of the speaker’s friends and family, suggesting that he did his best to support them

D) The apples symbolize all of the speaker’s life experiences, suggesting that each one requires attention and care

Javier is writing a literary analysis of the secret garden. read this introduction to his essay. frances burnett’s “the secret garden” explores the challenges of a sickly, self-centered little girl named mary lennox. after mary’s parents die of cholera, she moves from india to england to live at her uncle’s estate in yorkshire. while living at the old estate, mary discovers an abandoned garden that belonged to her deceased aunt. tending to the neglected garden brings mary joy, and her health improves. through mary’s transformation, burnett presents nature as a symbol of rebirth and healing. which piece of textual evidence should javier use to support the claim made in the introduction? a. “‘it’s in the garden no one can go into,’ she said to herself. ‘it’s the garden without a door. he lives in there. how i wish i could see what it is like! ’” b. “in india she had always felt hot and too languid to care much about anything. the fact was that the fresh wind from the moor had begun to blow the cobwebs out of her young brain and to waken her up a little.” c. “mary felt lonelier than ever when she knew she was no longer in the house. she went out into the garden as quickly as possible, and the first thing she did was to run round and round the fountain flower garden ten times.” d. “‘it isn’t a quite dead garden,’ she cried out softly to herself. ‘even if the roses are dead, there are other things alive.’”