Consider this passage from The Secret Garden."He was a sour young man and got no good of all his money and big place till he was married." . . . "She was a sweet, pretty thing and he'd have walked the world over to get her a blade o' grass she wanted."Which theme from the novel is apparent in this passage?1. Grief can make people do strange things.2. Curiosity is a natural part of childhood.3. Love opens a person's heart.4. Secrets are sweeter when shared between friends.

In living to tell the tale, what does the following passage mainly reveal about the narrator (paragraph 2)? “there was not a single door, crack in the wall, a human trace that did not find a supernatural resonance in me.” : a) the narrator associates memories to specific objects that he sees. b) the narrator realizes the buildings around him should be demolished. c) the narrator feels as though he wants to connect to the people of the town. d) the narrator is unsure why he feels frightened while walking with his mother.

Me ! select the correct answer. which sentence is an oxymoron? a. to have peace, we must go to war. b. a glass can be viewed as either half full or half empty. c. the lawyer was deceptively honest with his clients. d. spies do not dress like spies. e. though the lab was messy, there was a method to his madness.

Identity the three types of language