Read the poem below and answer the question.

women
by alice walker

they were women then
my mama’s generation
husky of voice—stout of
step
with fists as well as
hands
how they battered down
doors
and ironed
starched white
shirts
how they led
armies
headragged generals
across mined
fields
boby-trapped
ditches
to discover books
desks
a place for us
how they knew what we
must know
without knowing a page
of it
themselves.

what is the most likely purpose for the poem?

to show how modern women are better

to use warfare to describe human behavior

to show how women’s lives are similar across generations

to refer to sacrifice for future generations

What is the best revision of this statement from the body of a cover letter?

How are the two arguments made in the passages different? a. the first passage claims that pets in class will children with health problems; the second passage says pets will make some health problems worse. b. the first passage claims that students’ nervousness will decrease around pets; the second says that students’ nervousness will increase around pets. c. the first passage claims that pets will make the teacher’s work easier by keeping students busy; the second passage says pets will make the teacher’s work harder. d. the first passage claims that pets in school will be good for kids’ mental health; the second passage says pets will be bad for kids’ mental health.

Which sentence contains a participial phrase that is placed correctly? -jose paid for a hamburger scanning the cafeteria for an empty seat -peeling off her winter jacket, sierra settled into the cozy armchair. -made of soft wool, nadia pulled on a blue sweater -the cowboy jumped from the horse laughing in the face of danger