Read the selection below and answer the question.
an open boat by alfred noyes o, what is that whimpering there in the darkness? 'let him lie in my arms. he is breathing, i know. look. i'll wrap all my hair round his neck' – the sea's rising, the boat must be lightened. he's dead. he must go.' see - quick - by that flash, where the bitter foam tosses, the cloud of white faces, in the black open boat, and the wild pleading woman that clasps her dead lover and wraps her loose hair round his breast and his throat. 'come, lady, he's dead.' - 'no, i feel his heart beating, he's living, i know. but he's numbed with the cold. see, i'm wrapping my hair all around him to warm him.' - - 'no. we can't keep the dead, dear. come, loosen your hold. 'come. loosen your fingers.' - 'o god, let me keep him! ' - o, hide it, black night! let the winds have their way! and there are no voices or ghosts from that darkness, to fret the bare seas at the breaking of day. the rhyme scheme of "an open boat" is
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3)abba
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Read the excerpt below and answer the question. “this fair country alone is settled by freeholders, the possessors of the soil they cultivate . .” in about 100 words, discuss the influence that being a “freeholder” has on a settler and, according to crevecoeur, the admirable qualities it engenders.

Explain how advancements in technology have affected the diversity of our news, how we receive it, and how it is portrayed by the media.

Read the excerpt from rena's promise: two sisters in auschwitz. “i have a favor to ask of you, andrzej . . this is very difficult for me, but i must ask. it is no longer safe in tylicz for rena. her mother and i are worried for her safety every day.” “i heard what happened last night, mr. kornreich. i understand your concern.” “i have no money to pay you for this favor.” “sir, i would not take any money from you. she is my friend since childhood. i will do whatever you ask to your daughter.” “ you.” papa paused, stroking his chin where his beard should have been. “you seem like a man of your word. if you would bring rena across the border to slovakia, her mother and i might find sleep at night.” which best summarizes the excerpt? although he does not trust andrzej, rena’s father fears for his daughter’s life and finally agrees to leave her with him. slovakia is the only safe place for the jews of europe, and andrzej has agreed to take rena there. rena’s father asks andrzej to take her to safety in slovakia, and he agrees to do so. after much deliberation, rena’s father pays a polish man to take her safely across the border to slovakia. mark this and return