Reread the last stanza from “Sympathy.” Analyze the nuances in the meaning of words with similar denotations. Then answer the follow-up questions. I know why the caged bird sings, ah me,

When his wing is bruised and his bosom sore,—

When he beats his bars and he would be free;

It is not a carol of joy or glee,

But a prayer that he sends from his heart's deep core,

But a plea, that upward to Heaven he flings —

I know why the caged bird sings!

CA-CCSS: CA. L.9-10.5bCA. RL.9-10.4

Part A

What is the connotation of the word “plea” as it is used in this stanza?

It connotes a request.

It connotes a desperate appeal.

It connotes an excuse.

It connotes an urgent demand.

Part B

Which sentence or phrase from the stanza supports your answer to Part A?

“a prayer that he sends from his heart’s deep core”

“upward to Heaven he flings”

“a carol of joy or glee”

“he would be free”

I WILL NAME BRAINLIEST PLEASE HURRY

Which of the following is not true about using your local library as a resource while doing research? a. searching library catalogs can you narrow your topic, as well as give you ideas about what resources are available to you. b. most libraries now have searchable databases and many other resources accessible online. c. using the library as a resource is a bit more time consuming, because it cannot be done from home. d. all of the above statements are true.

Briefly describe your ideas about elisa's connection to both the ranch or garden and the road setting of the story

[1] nothing that comes from the desert expresses its extremes better than the unhappy growth of the tree yuccas. tormented, thin forests of it stalk drearily in the high mesas, particularly in that triangular slip that fans out eastward from the meeting of the sierras and coastwise hills. the yucca bristles with bayonet-pointed leaves, dull green, growing shaggy with age like an old [5] man's tangled gray beard, tipped with panicles of foul, greenish blooms. after its death, which is slow, the ghostly hollow network of its woody skeleton, with hardly power to rot, makes even the moonlight fearful. but it isn't always this way. before the yucca has come to flower, while yet its bloom is a luxurious, creamy, cone-shaped bud of the size of a small cabbage, full of sugary sap. the indians twist it deftly out of its fence of daggers and roast the prize for their [10] own delectation why does the author use the words "bayonet-pointed" (line 4) and "fence of daggers" (line 9) to describe the leaves of the yucca tree? . to create an image of the sharp edges of the plant to emphasize how beautiful the plant's leaves are to explain when and where the plant grows to show how afraid the author is of the plant