Isent a letter in the mail to my friend across the sea. but i never heard from her. i wondered, if she thought of me. when people move they do forget, the old times and old stories, too. new places, faces replace memories with friendships new. then she wrote years later, i knew i still mattered to her. she wrote that life was a habit, and asked if i was good at it. 7 what statement does the theme of this poem make? a. people are busy for years when they move. b. friends are always lost, and found again. c. most things we do in life are out of habit. d. most new things always replace old things.

the anecdote makes readers feel sorry for the man’s lack of heritage, then reminds readers that the man has an equally valuable heritage.

the sentence that avoid faulty coordination is:

culture, which is well represented in philadelphia, plays a major role including theatre, music, and the visual arts.  

faulty coordination occurs when the writer gives equal importance two different ideas (clauses) which in fact are not equivalent. in order to correct a misplaced clause or idea, the writer can place less important or emphatic ideas in a relative clause as in the previous sentence.  

d. murder of a son and cooking the son for a feast

procne murdered her son and served him to tereus, her husband and her son's father. she did this out of revenge. tereus raped her sister, philomela, and cut her tongue out to keep her from talking. philomela managed to communicate it to procne and procne sought revenge.

tantalus murdered his son and fed him to the gods because he was angry with the gods. the gods punished him by putting him in a pool of water that evaporates when he tries to drink and having fruit hang just out of his reach.