Which of the following details could be added to paragraph 1 to make a picture for the reader?
Click for the passage, "Paul MacCready."
A. The metal of the plane is as cold as ice.
B. Planes speed through the sky at hundreds of miles per hour.
C. A plane can fly thousands of feet above the earth.
D. Watch as a silver plane soars high above the white clouds.

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?