Read this text trailer about the story of Cinderella. Life is not easy when you live with an evil stepmother. Cinderella could tell you all about it. She’s stuck doing chores while her stepsisters have fun. To make things worse, the prince is throwing a ball and everyone will be there. Cinderella is dying to go, but her evil stepmom says no. But then a stranger arrives and offers to lend Cindy a hand—and a magic wand.

The music that would best match the tone of the trailer would be

slow and steady.
lively and upbeat.
soft and classical.
ominous and scary.

Plzz true or false: a hyphen can indicate that a word has been split up at the end of a line and continues onto the next line.

Read the excerpt from flannery o'connor's "the life you save may be your own although the old woman lived in this desolate spot with only her daughter and she had never seen mr. shiftlet before, she could tell, even from a distance, that he was a tramp and no one to be afraid of. his left coat sleeve was folded up to show there was only half an arm in it and his gaunt figure listed slightly. which phrase connects these characters to the southern gothic genre? half an arm she had never seen his left coat sleeve folded up

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?