Read this excerpt from an autobiography. which sentence implies that the author is excited about wearing her cheerleading uniform? there was an extra spring in my step as i walked to school sporting my newly pressed cheerleading uniform. i could hear snickers coming from a few boys from the soccer team. “what a shame! ” called the captain, scotty. “the flag is missing from the flag pole today.” he looked over at me. with my blue uniform, white pom-poms, and fiery red hair, scotty concluded that i would be the perfect replacement. the joke was on them, though. they forgot about my three older brothers who played football.

Demonstrating understanding of jem's development one way to demonstrate understanding of character and theme is by writing from the perspective of a character. for this assignment, compose a short poem from the perspective of jem. your poem should detail his feelings about either a. his father, atticus or b. mrs. dubose. the poem must accurately trace the progression of jem's attitudes and beliefs, highlighting the important events and shifts in his perspective detailed above. your writing should also sound like jem, using voice and word choice that reflects the voice and word choice found in the novel. the poem can be a free poem (meaning it does not need to rhyme or follow a particular format). it should be a minimum of twenty-lines in length, have a title, and follow conventional rules of spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

Excerpt from the rainbow, chapter x (excerpt) d. h. lawrence then there was an outcry. mrs. brangwen would not have it; no, she would not. all her innate dignity and standoffishness rose up. then there was the vicar lecturing the school. "it was a sad thing that the boys of cossethay could not behave more like gentlemen to the girls of cossethay. indeed, what kind of boy was it that should set upon a girl, and kick her, and beat her, and tear her pinafore? that boy deserved severe castigation, and the name of coward, for no boy who was not a coward—etc., etc." from the textual evidence provided in this paragraph, what conclusions can the reader draw regarding the vicar? a) he favors boys over girls. b) he has no strong feelings. c) he supports mrs. brangwen's perspective entirely. d) he tends to be indulgent towards children's misbehavior.

What is the origin of the word renaissance? a. it comes from the word rebirth. b. it comes from the word revival. c. it comes from the word reason. d. it comes from the word redeem.