Read this passage from When Birds Get Flu and Cows Go Mad! by John DiConsiglio. Can a steak or hamburger that’s infected with mad cow disease end up on your dinner plate? The answer is: probably not. What is most likely the author’s intended effect with this problem and solution structure? to alert the reader about the dangers of mad cow disease to inform the reader about the dangers of mad cow disease to confront the reader about the dangers of mad cow disease to reassure the reader about the dangers of mad cow disease

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?