10 Select the correct answer
In this poem, what does the speaker compare his or her mother to?
In My Heart's Shelf
by A. Gautam
She's yellowing in the palm,
spotted, and wrinkled
around the edges.
The creases and crevasses
of wisdom are scattered
along the sagging skin
OA.
an old music record
OB
a wrinkled passport
Ос.
an old book of poems
OD
an ornament of gold
She's transforming
My favorite book of poems
leather-bound, ornamented,
sprinkled with gold
more beautiful than old
She's wizened
Reset
Next
Her bookmarks are my visas
journeys stamped in rhymes.
Her toothless smile
is like a lost index page
Even the wind can shuffle her
as she sits by the window

Read the sample student paragraph that addresses a counterclaim. some claim that the internet both invades and compromises one’s right to privacy. however, this is ridiculous. the internet is only as invasive as one allows it to be, particularly since there are laws to protect people’s privacy. exercising caution when supplying personal information online is the most vital step in protecting one’s privacy. any information you do not feel comfortable sharing online should not be shared, and sensitive information should only be provided to trusted organizations. additionally, some states have already enacted privacy laws that model the federal privacy act of 1974, ensuring that information collected for one purpose may not be used—or sold—for other purposes without first notifying the individual to whom the data belongs. the first and most important protector of an individual’s information is that individual. people whose personal information is not properly protected only have themselves to blame. what evidence weakens the counterclaim in this paragraph? the internet is only as invasive as one allows it to be. exercising caution is the best way to protect one’s privacy online. some states have already enacted online privacy laws. it is the individual’s fault when personal information is unprotected.