Read the introductory paragraph from a literary analysis essay.

in "a life with books,” julian barnes writes, "when you read a great book, you don’t escape from life, you plunge deeper into it.” barnes believes that literature allows readers to connect more deeply with their lives by reading about people whose experiences mirror their own. we can learn from literature how to approach difficulties in our own lives and face them head on, finding redemption. conflict leading to reconciliation can provide important lessons to the reader, as shown in "two kinds” by amy tan and the woman warrior by maxine hong kingston.

which quotations from amy tan's story "two kinds" best serve as evidence for the thesis on reconciliation? select two options.

“‘of course you can be prodigy, too,’ my mother told me when i was nine.”
“and after seeing my mother's disappointed face once again, something inside of me began to die.”
“‘you want me to be someone that i'm not! ’ i sobbed. ‘i'll never be the kind of daughter you want me to be! ’”
“a few years ago, she offered to give me the piano, for my thirtieth birthday.”
“and after i played them both a few times, i realized they were two halves of the same song.”

"the children's hour" by henry wadsworth longfellow between the dark and the daylight, when the night is beginning to lower, comes a pause in the day's occupations, that is known as the children's hour. i hear in the chamber above me the patter of little feet, the sound of a door that is opened, and voices soft and sweet. from my study i see in the lamplight, descending the broad hall stair, grave alice, and laughing allegra, and edith with golden hair. a whisper, and then a silence: yet i know by their merry eyes they are plotting and planning together to take me by surprise. a sudden rush from the stairway, a sudden raid from the hall! by three doors left unguarded they enter my castle wall! they climb up into my turret o'er the arms and back of my chair; if i try to escape, they surround me; they seem to be everywhere. they almost devour me with kisses, their arms about me entwine, till i think of the bishop of bingen in his mouse-tower on the rhine! do you think, o blue-eyed banditti, because you have scaled the wall, such an old mustache as i am is not a match for you all! i have you fast in my fortress, and will not let you depart, but put you down into the dungeon in the round-tower of my heart. and there will i keep you forever, yes, forever and a day, till the walls shall crumble to ruin, and moulder in dust away! which literary device does longfellow use most frequently in the poem? a. simile b. metaphor c. repetition d. personification

Boss: oh no! that’s the phone again! secretary: blank boss: . a. shall i take it? b. will you answer it? c. can you do me a favor? d. may i hang it up?

Using context clues read the sentence, then use context clues to determine the definition of parameters. setting clear parameters, such as rules, guidelines, or instructions, people understand what is expected of them. what is the definition of parameters? which type of context clue is used in the sentence?