Read the excerpt by joe, telling pip about his father: "i'll tell you. m' father, pip, he were given to drink, and when he were overtook with drink, he hammered away at my mother, most onmerciful. it were a'most the only hammering he did, indeed, 'xcepting at myself. and he hammered at me with a wigour only to be equalled by the wigour with which he didn't hammer at his anwil. - you're a-listening and understanding, pip? " in this excerpt, the action of "hammering" a. has a double meaning, both of physically punishing and the hammering that a blacksmith does. b. invites the reader to understand why joe allows miss havisham to act the way she does. c. is a symbol for the kind of man joe seeks to become. d. is personification of a hammer.

Read this excerpt from the scarlet letter by nathaniel hawthorne and complete the sentence that follows. she had wandered, without rule or guidance, in a moral wilderness; as vast, as intricate and shadowy, as the untamed forest, amid the gloom of which they were now holding a colloquy that was to decide their fate. the author uses the point of view in the excerpt.

In this excerpt from "a modest proposal" by jonathan swift, which important issue does the writer deal with using a satirical tone? some persons of a desponding spirit are in great concern about that vast number of poor people, who are aged, diseased, or maimed; and i have been desired to employ my thoughts what course may be taken, to ease the nation of so grievous an incumbrance. but i am not in the least pain upon that matter, because it is very well known, that they are every day dying, and rotting, by cold and famine, and filth, and vermin, as fast as can be reasonably expected. and as to the young labourers, they are now in almost as hopeful a condition. they cannot get work, and consequently pine away from want of nourishment, to a degree, that if at any time they are accidentally hired to common labour, they have not strength to perform it, and thus the country and themselves are happily delivered from the evils to come. a. old, sickly people cannot be hired as laborers because they don't have the physical stamina required for the job. b. old, sickly people and young laborers are useless to the nation because they cannot be productive citizens. c. the economy of the nation is burdened by the poor, the old, and the sickly who survive on charity and handouts. d. the living conditions of the poor and their lack of employment opportunities are serious concerns for the nation. reset next

What would your ideal school counseling program look like ? how would you want your school counselor to you and your peers?