Read this excerpt from "spring and all" by william carlos williams:
by the road to the contagious hospital
under the surge of the blue
mottled clouds driven from the
northeast – a cold wind. beyond, the
waste of broad, muddy fields
brown with dried weeds, standing and fallen
patches of standing water
the scattering of tall trees
all along the road the reddish
purplish, forked, upstanding, twiggy
stuff of bushes and small trees
with dead, brown leaves under them
leafless vines -
lifeless in appearance, sluggish
dazed spring approaches
what connotations do many of the words in the excerpt have in common?
a. boredom
b. danger
c. dying
d. spring

Read the excerpt from "mother tongue." lately, i’ve been giving more thought to the kind of english my mother speaks. like others, i have described it to people as “broken” or “fractured” english. but i wince when i say that. it has always bothered me that i can think of no other way to describe it other than “broken,” as if it were damaged and needed to be fixed, as if it lacked a certain wholeness and soundness. what best supports the inference that tan believes nonstandard english is no less valid than standard english? tan spends a lot of time thinking about her mother’s “fractured” english. tan has trouble thinking of descriptive words when she is writing. tan’s american education makes it difficult for her to understand her mother. tan winces when she describes her mother’s english as “broken.”

Which sentence is the most effective in stating the overall purpose of section 4, “confidentiality of user names and passwords? ”

Identify the verbal and its function in the sentence: i would rather be sleeping! (5 points) it is a gerund functioning as a noun. it is a gerund functioning as a verb. it is an infinitive functioning as a noun. it is an infinitive functioning as a verb. verbal : sleeping