Which statement best describes the author’s viewpoint in "The Thirsty Tree"? A. Salt cedar trees take up more than their share of space in the American Southwest.

B. Any ongoing human effort to influence the environment of the American Southwest is ultimately futile.

C. People must work to keep a balance between the salt cedar trees, the beetles that eat their leaves, and the willow flycatcher bird.

D. Salt cedar trees are one of several valuable tree species in the American Southwest.

Excerpted from "hope is the thing with feathers" by emily dickinson [2] and sweetest���in the gale���is heard��� and sore must be the storm��� that could abash the little bird that kept so many warm��� [3] i've heard it in the chillest land��� and on the strangest sea��� yet, never, in extremity, it asked a crumb���of me. in the last stanza, the author writes that the little bird " a crumb of me" what type of figurative language is evident in these lines? a. onomatopoeia b. alliteration c. assonance d. personification

Odysseus taunts the cyclops and reveals his name, endangering the lives of his men. what does this evidence from the text reveal about odysseus?

Identify the sentence in which the underlined word or words are punctuated incorrectly. a) pam was (well prepared) for the debate. b) she had (read three quarters) of the material more than once. c) she has always been (self assured). d) the winner needs a (two-thirds) majority of the votes.