Iremember dad's words to me that spring day, just before he removed the training wheels on my bicycle: "when you fall, rosie—and you will—get right back on that bike! " i wanted to be free of the small training wheels, to be one of the "big kids," but i was afraid. how would i keep my balance on a bike that suddenly looked huge to me? protesting, i climbed on the bike while dad held onto the back of the seat. then he gave me a shove that sent me rolling. the handlebars wobbled crazily. i'd forgotten how to use the pedals! down i went. then back up on the bike i went, again and again, until at last, away i went—still a little wobbly—to the end of the sidewalk, without a fall. after i braked the bike, i heard the cheering. i turned around and saw half the neighborhood gathered, watching and clapping. what could i do but take a bow? use the passage to answer the question. from what type of essay does this passage most likely come? a. an expository essay b. a persuasive essay c. an autobiographical essay d. a biographical essay

"the children's hour" by henry wadsworth longfellow between the dark and the daylight, when the night is beginning to lower, comes a pause in the day's occupations, that is known as the children's hour. i hear in the chamber above me the patter of little feet, the sound of a door that is opened, and voices soft and sweet. from my study i see in the lamplight, descending the broad hall stair, grave alice, and laughing allegra, and edith with golden hair. a whisper, and then a silence: yet i know by their merry eyes they are plotting and planning together to take me by surprise. a sudden rush from the stairway, a sudden raid from the hall! by three doors left unguarded they enter my castle wall! they climb up into my turret o'er the arms and back of my chair; if i try to escape, they surround me; they seem to be everywhere. they almost devour me with kisses, their arms about me entwine, till i think of the bishop of bingen in his mouse-tower on the rhine! do you think, o blue-eyed banditti, because you have scaled the wall, such an old mustache as i am is not a match for you all! i have you fast in my fortress, and will not let you depart, but put you down into the dungeon in the round-tower of my heart. and there will i keep you forever, yes, forever and a day, till the walls shall crumble to ruin, and moulder in dust away! which literary device does longfellow use most frequently in the poem? a. simile b. metaphor c. repetition d. personification

When reading a poem closely to interpret its meaning and nuances, what can give you clues about the theme of the poem? a the rhyme scheme b. the stanza structure c. the title of the poem d. the name of the poet

Johnson's speech covers the issue of what rights