Read the excerpt from "Let Bindi Have the Limelight." With backup group the Crocmen, she [Bindi] performed in Los Angeles and New York, singing lively, choreographed songs about the plight of threatened wildlife. . . . "It's very cool because everyone's cheering and it feels really nice to get out there and just be me and just do what I love to do, sing and dance," Bindi said on the set of ABC's Good Morning America, one of several stops on her talk show circuit that week. "It's really hard to explain but it's a great feeling."

Readers can most likely connect this passage to their own lives by thinking about

what it is like to perform in New York.
what it is like to sing with the Crocmen.
how good it feels to be famous.

The poem “richard cory” by edwin arlington robinson explores how the theme of dissatisfaction and the mentality that “the grass is greener on the other side” affects all humans. which two lines in this excerpt reflect those themes?

Read the excerpt from muir's essay "calypso borealis" and answer the question. [5] how long i sat beside calypso i don't know. hunger and weariness vanished, and only after the sun was low in the west i splashed on through the swamp, strong and exhilarated as if never more to feel any mortal care. at length i saw maple woods on a hill and found a log house. i was gladly received. "where ha ye come fra? the swamp, that awfu' swamp. what were ye doin' there? " etc. "mony a puir body has been lost in that muckle, cauld, dreary bog and never been found." when i told her i had entered it in search of plants and had been in it all day, she wondered how plants could draw me to these awful places, and said, "it's god's mercy ye ever got out." examine the details muir includes in this paragraph. which statement accurately explains how muir's response to nature compares to the log house owner's response? he is enthusiastic and in awe while she is doubtful and fearful. muir cautiously admires whereas the lady shows religious dedication. the lady is more interested in the bog while muir is fascinated by plants. they both admire nature—its intense dangers and its true treasures.

Iopened the door quietly, then stood in the doorway rewrite using ..ing participle