Read the excerpt from “the scarlet ibis.” that winter we didn’t make much progress, for i was in school and doodle suffered from one bad cold after another. but when spring came, rich and warm, we raised our sights again. success lay at the end of summer like a pot of gold, and our campaign got off to a good start. on hot days, doodle and i went down to horsehead landing and i gave him swimming lessons or showed him how to row a boat. sometimes we descended into the cool greenness of old woman swamp and climbed the rope vines or boxed scientifically beneath the pine where he had learned to walk. promise hung about us like the leaves, and wherever we looked, ferns unfurled and birds broke into song. which sentences from the excerpt most emphasize that spring has become a symbol of hope for the boys

The brother of a presidential candidate writes an editorial in which he defends this candidate against charges of corruption. in such a circumstance, it is most appropriate for the reader to a) suspect that the candidate may have been framed. b) consider whether the candidate has the best family or not. c) wonder if the writer may be biased, due to his family connection. d) wonder if the writer may be inaccurate, due to wanting to get people to read his column. \

What was the primary message that dr.martin luther king jr wanted to communicate in the telegram he sent to chavez

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.’”