My father and brothers are swimming to the Rock "Come with us!" they call to me and I say, "Maybe next year." The Rock is very, very far away. I sit on the dock with my peanut butter sandwich. I watch them dive into the water and swim into the distance their kicks and splashes and elbows getting smaller and smaller as they near the Rock. It takes them a long, long time. What the tone of the poem

Read the excerpt from warriors don't cry. as we approached behind them, we could see only the clusters of white people that stretched for a distance of two blocks along the entire span of the school building. my mind could take in the sights and sounds only one by one: flashing cameras, voices shouting in my ears, men and women jostling each other, old people, young people, people running, uniformed police officers walking, men standing still, men and women waving their fists, and then the long line of uniformed soldiers carrying weapons just like in the war movies i had seen. which words create the mood in the excerpt? check all that apply.

Which theme is best supported by the descriptive detail in this passage from my antonia

“speak up for tory principles” in his political speech, disraeli addresses the principles of the tory party. explain what they are and how he relates them to the condition of the people. use textual evidence to support your claim