Read the haiku. birds scatter in flight colorful specks in the air noisy confetti the main feature that makes this a haiku is the use of
a) a seasonal motif.
b) a patterned rhyme.
c) a 5/7/5 syllable pattern.
d) past tense and free structure.

The haiku " Birds scatter in flight Colorful specks in the air Noisy confetti" makes use of a 5/7/5 syllable pattern.

Explanation:

Haiku is a traditional Japanese poem. The number of lines present in a haiku is 3. First line line has 5 syllables. The second line has 7 syllables. Third line also has 5 syllables. Syllables is nothing but a part of a word that can be pronounced as a unit. These haiku rarely contains rhyming words.

The above haiku can be split into syllable as follows:

Birds /sca/ tter/ in/ flight/

Co/ lor/ ful/specks/ in/ the/ air

Noi/sy/con/fe/ tti

explanation:

you only need simple sentences to answer this. just answer these questions.

what do you think annie thinks of the mother? do you think annie believes the mother is a fit mother for helen.

what about the father? what would annie think of him? she might not like him, but does she respect him.

how about the son? would annie think he is the only voice of sanity in an insane place?

what about helen herself? this is the key question. how does she see helen? what do you suppose she thought her first job was going to be.

these aren't hard questions. just state the obvious. annie is not that well educated: she just knows what she has to do. write it that way.

you can do it if you've read the book or seen the play or movie.