Read this excerpt from the preface of a book written about machines. I have been fascinated by machines since I was a child. Playing in the creek behind my house, I used sticks, string, and plastic cups to create a pulley system for drawing up water. When I got older, my friends and I built ramps for our bikes, and sped down them with abandon. It was only natural that I became an engineer who designs machines for all sorts of tasks. Based on this excerpt from the preface, which best explains why the author wrote the book? The author used materials found around the house to make simple machines. The childhood friends of the author were also interested in making and using machines. The author has had a lifelong interest in machines and how to develop them for a variety of purposes. As a child, the author enjoyed outdoor activities such as playing in a creek and riding on a bik

One element of lyric poetry is personal reflection. which lines in this poem most clearly illustrate that element? i wandered lonely as a cloudby william wordsworthi wandered lonely as a cloudthat floats on high o'er vales and hills, when all at once i saw a crowd, a host, of golden daffodils; beside the lake, beneath the trees, fluttering and dancing in the breeze. continuous as the stars that shineand twinkle on the milky way. they stretched in never-ending linealong the margin of a bay: ten thousand saw i at a glance, tossing their heads in sprightly dance. the waves beside them danced; but theyout-did the sparkling waves in glee: a poet could not but be gay. in such a jocund company: i gazed and gazed—but little thoughtwhat wealth the show to me had brought: for oft, when on my couch i liein vacant or in pensive mood, they flash upon that inward eyewhich is the bliss of solitude; and then my heart with pleasure fills, and dances with the daffodils.