Athesis statement has all of the following purposes except

to create a longer conclusion to the essay
to guide the writer’s planning, research, and writing
to identify an essay’s main point and purpose
to provide a roadmap of an essay to aid the reader

Read the excerpt from the poem "growing up italian" by maria mazziotti gillan and answer the question that follows. when i was a little girl, i thought everyone was italian, and that was good. we visted our aunts and uncles, and they visted us. the italian language smooth and sweet in my mouth. in kindergarten, english words fell on me, thick and sharp as hail. i grew silent, the italian word balanced on the edge of my tongue and the english word, lost during the first moment of every question. source: gillan, maria mazziotti. "growing up italian." poetrymagazine.com. poetry magazine, n.d. web. 30 mar. 2011. what is the tone of this poem? what does the tone reveal about the speaker of the poem and the conflict she faces? based on this excerpt, what can you predict about the theme of the poem?

What experience makes wind-wolf want to stop attending school?

One of the girls brought some candy for you. the prepositional phrase(s) is/are __