1. PART A: Which statement best identifies the theme of the poem? [RL.2] A. Learning how to ride a bike and leaving home are both exciting experiences for daughters. B. Watching their children do new things brings parents nothing but fear. C. Nothing brings a mother more joy than watching their daughter grow up. D. Watching their children grow up is both exciting and stressful for parents.

However, the idea of real-life people living in what would become the united states for thousands of years before columbus ever left spain never dawned on me. what would be the best way to revise this sentence for greater clarity? a) however, the fact that columbus left spain thousands of years after people settled what would become the united states never dawned on me. b) it never dawned on me, however, the idea of real-life people living in what would become the united states for thousands of years before columbus ever left spain. c) however, the fact that people were already living in what would become the united states for thousands of years before columbus ever left spain never dawned on me. d) however, the idea never dawned on me that long before columbus ever left spain, real-life people lived for thousands of years in what would become the united states.

The goal of __ painters was not to make a photographic representation of a subject, but to capture the impression of a particular moment in time a) still artist b) realist c) impressionist

The opening stanza portray a frightened narrator fleeing though darkness. how does it rhythm reflect and enhance its meaning