Read the excerpt from rudolfo anaya's essay "take the tortillas out of your poetry."
tortillas and poetry. they go hand in hand. books nourish the spirit, bread nourishes our bodies. our distinct
cultures nourish each one of us, and as we know more and more about the art and literature of the different cultures,
we become freer and freer.
i don't know anyone who doesn't like to sample different ethnic foods, the breads of many many groups; just as
many of us enjoy sampling books from different areas of the world. i travel to foreign countries, and i know more
about myself as i learn more about my fellow human beings. censorship imposes itself in my path of knowledge, and
that activity can be justified by no one.

which choice best describes the purpose of this text?

to persuade readers to oppose the censorship of literature

to inform readers about censorship in a specific country

to entertain readers with stories about censorship

to motivate readers to speak out against censorship

Match each excerpt to the correct stanza structure. it was many and many a year ago, in a kingdom by the sea, that a maiden there lived whom you may know by the name of annabel lee; and this maiden she lived with no other thought than to love and be loved by me. (from "annabel lee" by edgar allan poe) o thou, new-year, delaying long, delayest the sorrow in my blood, that longs to burst a frozen bud and flood a fresher throat with song. (from "in memoriam" by alfred lord tennyson) nature’s first green is gold, her hardest hue to hold. her early leaf’s a flower but only so an hour. then leaf subsides to leaf. so eden sank to grief,; so dawn goes down to day. nothing gold can stay. (from "nothing gold can stay" by robert frost) at sestos hero dwelt; hero the fair, whom young apollo courted for her hair, and offered as a dower his burning throne, where she should sit for men to gaze upon. the outside of her garments were of lawn, the lining purple silk, with gilt stars drawn; (from "hero and leander" by christopher marlowe) quatrain couplet octave sestet

Which word best describes the white rabbit in the passage?

The point of view that london uses in white fang the reader understand the perspectives