In which of the following scenarios are delivery and noise most likely the primary concerns of the speaker?
a. sheree has been asked to speak about social security to a mixed group of college students, business people, and senior citizens.
b. erin is giving a motivational speech to a very large group of high school students seated on bleachers in the school’s gymnasium.
c. charles has been invited to mrs. delaney’s classroom to speak to her elementary school children about fire safety.
d. ethan is giving a highly technical presentation on biomedical engineering involving several work

Read the excerpt from the poem "growing up italian" by maria mazziotti gillan and answer the question that follows. when i was a little girl, i thought everyone was italian, and that was good. we visted our aunts and uncles, and they visted us. the italian language smooth and sweet in my mouth. in kindergarten, english words fell on me, thick and sharp as hail. i grew silent, the italian word balanced on the edge of my tongue and the english word, lost during the first moment of every question. source: gillan, maria mazziotti. "growing up italian." poetrymagazine. com. poetry magazine, n. d. web. 30 mar. 2011. what is the tone of this poem? what does the tone reveal about the speaker of the poem and the conflict she faces? based on this excerpt, what can you predict about the theme of the poem?