Read the following excerpt from "everyday use" by alice walker:

"the truth is," i said, "i promised to give them quilts to maggie, for when she marries john thomas."
she gasped like a bee had stung her.
"maggie can't appreciate these quilts! " she said. "she'd probably be backward enough to put them to everyday use."
"i reckon she would," i said. "god knows i been saving 'em for long enough with nobody using 'em. i hope she will! " i didn't want to bring up how i had offered dee (wangero) a quilt when she went away to college. then she had told they were old-fashioned, out of style.

based on this excerpt, which description most likely describes the significance of the story's title?

a. people connect with their culture by continually revisiting past traditions.
b. artifacts and mementos are the only method for understanding a culture.
c. people don't need strong family ties to connect with their traditional heritage.
d. culture is best passed on and understood through oral storytelling traditions.
e. history doesn't play an important role in understanding culture and tradition.

1. according to mla citation style rules, when citing a book by more than one author, the authors' names should a. be listed alphabetically by first name. b. be listed alphabetically by last name. c. be listed in the order in which they appear on the title page. d. follow the title of the book. 2.which of the following items is not necessary to include in summary notes? a. all the information that is relevant to your topic and purpose b. complete publication information c. the time and date you read the source material d. specific examples 3. which of the following is not an objective of synthesizing sources? a. reviewing key ideas on a topic b. combining opinions and general statements c. exploring different points of view d. understanding the topic in depth 4.when punctuating quotations, commas and are placed inside the quotation marks. a. semicolons b. periods c. colons d. page numbers in parentheses 5. in academic writing, why would you prefer to rely on information from scholarly journals rather than magazines? a. authors in scholarly journals are generally specialists in their field. b. magazines use every-day experiences and discuss popular topics. c. scholarly journals never include visuals. d. scholarly journals are more difficult to find, and therefore more valuable. 6.when punctuating direct quotations, use a after the verb that introduces the quotation. a. comma b. dash c. colon d. seimicolon

The courage that my mother had went with her, and is with her still: rock from new england quarried; now granite in a granite hill. the golden brooch my mother wore she left behind for me to wear; i have no thing i treasure more: yet, it is something i could spare. oh, if instead she'd left to me the thing she took into the grave! - that courage like a rock, which she has no more need of, and i have. based on the 2nd stanza, how does the speaker feel about the golden brooch that was passed down from the mother to child? question 2 options: a: the speaker thinks it was a waste of money b: the speaker places a high value on the item c: the speaker never wears the brooch d: the speaker feels it could be easily replaced

Read the quote below: "it's fine work. monday bum millay, wednesday whitman, friday faulkner, burn 'em to ashes, then bum the ashes. that's our official slogan." (bradbury). which of the follow literary terms is present in the quote? : a) allusion b) personification c) metaphor d) simile