LANCELOT: Wicked? I don't feel wicked. Do you? GUENEVERE: No. ljust feel natural. But it's the same thing. (He approaches her with outstretched arms. She
retreats behind the chair.) No, no. Remember that I'm married.
Why does the author choose to include this exchange?
O to show Lancelot's capacity for deception
O to reveal the couple's tendency to disagree
O to illustrate Guenevere's traditional beliefs
O to emphasize Guenevere's comfort with modernism

The duke and the dauphin lie, cheat, and steal for the purposes of their own survival. answers: •true •false

The first step in making a mental model for a compare-and-contrast text is a. comparing the two things being described. b. finding important details in the text. c. contrasting the two things being described. d. connecting details to what is already known.

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?