Which sentence from the passage shows that the writer has a harder time with some
subjects than others?

Unfortunately, arithmetic is not my strongest
subject
Another Busy Day at School
October 8, 1938
This morning I arrived at my schoolhouse
with my project completed. The other
older children and I brought in our
finished puppets. Each puppet is a
character from a play based on the book
Robin Hood. We fashioned our puppets
from paper, paints, string, and
wooden sticks. Each of us also helped
write the script for the play.
Later that morning, we performed our
drama for the primary children. They
eagerly viewed our puppet show. How
At recess, everde child helped clean up outside
around the schoolhouse.
The other older children and I brought in our
finished puppets.
Later that morning, we performed our drama
for the primary children.
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Write a 250-word essay in which you explain the theme of women’s strength and bravery in the poem.

Which generalization does the speaker make in the last stanza of to a louse? a) our main source of power comes from living blunder-free lives b) sometimes the best gifts come in the form of little creatures c) seeing ourselves as others see us would free us from blundering

Which lines in this excerpt from act ii of william shakespeare’s romeo and juliet reveal that mercutio thinks romeo would be better off if he stopped thinking about love? mercutio: i will bite thee by the ear for that jest. romeo: nay, good goose, bite not. mercutio: thy wit is a very bitter sweeting it is a most sharp sauce. romeo: and is it not well served in to a sweet goose? mercutio: o here's a wit of cheveril, that stretches from an inch narrow to an ell broad! romeo: i stretch it out for that word 'broad; ' which added to the goose, proves thee far and wide a broad goose. mercutio: why, is not this better now than groaning for love? now art thou sociable, now art thou romeo; now art thou what thou art, by art as well as by nature: for this drivelling love is like a great natural, that runs lolling up and down to hide his bauble in a hole. benvolio: stop there, stop there. mercutio: thou desirest me to stop in my tale against the hair. benvolio: thou wouldst else have made thy tale large. mercutio: o, thou art deceived; i would have made it short: for i was come to the whole depth of my tale; and meant, indeed, to occupy the argument no longer.