Read the passage. excerpt from "interview with simon ortiz" by laura coltelli my formation with regards to language was the dzehni niyah of the acoma people: "the way they spoke," the way they thought and felt, the way they perceived. so the writing cannot but be fundamental. i can only be who i am as an acoma person. i cannot be anything else. tzah dze guwaah ihskah nudahsqkunuuh, "i cannot be anything else."refer to explorations in literature for a complete version of this interview. how does ortiz's use of language and words from the acoma people affect this excerpt? a)it reinforces the idea that ortiz’s cultural background shaped his identity and how he views the world. b)it reflects ortiz’s claim that ancient languages and cultures are superior to the english language and modern culture. c)it gives this part of the reading a far more academic and professional tone. d)it demonstrates ortiz's point that he is part of a culture and a tradition that is incompatible with the mainstream.2. read the passage. excerpt from "the author to her book" by anne bradstreetyet being mine own, at length affection would thy blemishes amend, if so i could. i washed thy face, but more defects i saw, and rubbing off a spot still made a flaw. refer to explorations in literature for a complete version of this poem. how does bradstreet’s use of figurative language in these lines affect their meaning? a)the lines use alliteration, repeating the sound, to stress the great secrecy that the author wants to maintain with regard to her book. b) the lines use vivid imagery to show how pleasant it is to compose a piece of writing that others admire or enjoy. c)the lines use verbal irony to convey the silly humor of an author trying to wash the face of her book. d)the lines use personification to further suggest that the book is like the author’s child, which she does her best to care for and make perfect.

Read the excerpt from act 2 of a doll's house. nora: [quickly] he mustn't get the letter. tear it up. i will find some means of getting money. krogstad: excuse me, mrs. helmer, but i think i told you just now— nora: i am not speaking of what i owe you. tell me what sum you are asking my husband for, and i will get the money. krogstad: i am not asking your husband for a penny. nora: what do you want, then? krogstad: i will tell you. i want to rehabilitate myself, mrs. helmer; i want to get on; and in that your husband must me. for the last year and a half i have not had a hand in anything dishonourable, amid all that time i have been struggling in most restricted circumstances. i was content to work my way up step by step. now i am turned out, and i am not going to be satisfied with merely being taken into favour again. i want to get on, i tell you. i want to get into the bank again, in a higher position. your husband must make a place for me— nora: that he will never do! krogstad: he will; i know him; he dare not protest. and as soon as i am in there again with him, then you will see! within a year i shall be the manager's right hand. it will be nils krogstad and not torvald helmer who manages the bank. nora: that's a thing you will never see! krogstad: do you mean that you will—? nora: i have courage enough for it now. krogstad: oh, you can't frighten me. a fine, spoilt lady like you— nora: you will see, you will see. krogstad: under the ice, perhaps? down into the cold, coal-black water? and then, in the spring, to float up to the surface, all horrible and unrecognisable, with your hair fallen out— nora: you can't frighten me. krogstad: nor you me. people don't do such things, mrs. helmer. besides, what use would it be? i should have him completely in my power all the same. nora: afterwards? when i am no longer— krogstad: have you forgotten that it is i who have the keeping of your reputation? [nora stands speechlessly looking at him.] well, now, i have warned you. do not do anything foolish. when helmer has had my letter, i shall expect a message from him. and be sure you remember that it is your husband himself who has forced me into such ways as this again. i will never forgive him for that. goodbye, mrs. helmer. [exit through the hall.] what conflict does krogstad introduce? krogstad tells nora that he has written a letter telling helmer about her affair with the doctor. krogstad refuses to forgive helmer unless nora finds a way to come up with more money. krogstad tries to blackmail nora into getting helmer to keep him at the bank by exposing her forgery. krogstad plans to take helmer’s job managing the bank and ruin nora’s reputation while doing so.