What is the most likely reason that the author included the section with information about the controversy surrounding Molly Pitcher?
O The author thought that the controversy was outrageous and that it should be discredited and discontinued.
The author believed that the controversy was just as important as the contribution that Mary made to the war effort.
The author wanted to prove that the controversy should not take away from the importance of Mary as a Revolutionary War figure.
The author believed that Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley was not the actual Molly Pitcher and wanted to expose the falsehood.

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?

Which one of these lines use him to permitte which one of these lines uses iambic pentameter?

What is the rhyme scheme in this excerpt from longfellow's, "the tide rises, the tide falls? " (10 points) the tide rises, the tide falls, the twilight darkens, the curlew calls; along the sea-sands damp and brown the traveler hastens toward the town, and the tide rises, the tide falls.