Below is an excerpt. What sort of tone would you use if you were to read it aloud to the class? Serious or lighthearted? Why? One of the deadliest animals in the ocean is an octopus no bigger than a golf ball—the blue-ringed octopus of the southern Pacific
Ocean. Although it feeds off small crabs, shrimp and wounded fish, it has neuromuscular paralyzing venom powerful enough to
kill an adult human with just one little nibble.

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In the reading, i know why the caged bird sings, marguerite views mrs. flowers as a larger than life personality. which quote from the text most strongly supports how marguerite views mrs. flowers? question 18 options: a) “i’ll accept no excuse if you return a book to me that has been badly handled.” b) “you see, i had planned to invite you for cookies and lemonade so we could have this little chat.” c) “there was a little path beside the rocky road, and mrs. flowers walked in front swinging her arms and picking her way over the stones.” d) “somehow i had never connected mrs. flowers with food or eating or any other common experience of common people.”

Baca use comforting imagery. which lines have a more serious tone than the rest of the poem a. when the outside world / no longer cares if you live or die; b. so it is a pot full of yellow corn / to warm your belly in winter, c. remember. / i love you. d. it's all i have to give, / and all anyone needs to live,