What is the meaning of the phrase "getting up there in years" in this sentence? my dog and i would run three miles every day when he was young, but we've shortened the distance to one mile now that he is getting up there in years.

1) old

2) lazy

3) tired

4) cranky

1) old.

Explanation: In the given sentence: "My dog and I would run three miles every day when he was young, but we've shortened the distance to one mile now that he is getting up there in years" the meaning of the phrase "getting up there in years" is "old", the speaker is saying that his dog and he used to run three miles every day "when he was young" but now they can't run that distance because the dog is old.

elise is writing a literary analysis of a biographical essay about emily dickinson.

which of the following should elise use in order to provide a strong claim statement in the introduction to her analysis?

a.  

“a life apart” by julia golding maintains that emily dickenson wrote over a thousand poems during her life.