Read the excerpt from "i am offering this poem.”

keep it, treasure this as you would
if you were lost, needing direction,
in the wilderness life becomes when mature;

the speaker compares life with wilderness to suggest that there is no map for life. this reinforces the theme that a poem is a valuable gift, by showing that a poem can offer

shelter.
friendship.
warmth.
guidance.

Which quotation best expresses a major theme of this speech? "i saw my evil day at hand. the sun rose dim on us in theo morning, and at night is sunk in a dark cloud, and looked likea ball of fire.""i am much grieved, for i expected, if i did not defeat you, too hold out much longer, and give you more trouble before ! surrendered."m"we went to our great father. we were encouraged. hiso great council gave us fair words and big promises, but wegot no satisfaction.".**we told them to let us alone; but they followed on andbeset our paths, and they coiled themselves among us likethe snake."

In at least two hundred words, discuss why "désirée's baby" is or is not relevant today.

Type the correct answer in the box. spell all words correctly. certain species of insects introduced accidentally in a forest are destroying all the douglas fir trees in that forest. the wood of these trees is extensively used for construction. in order to control the damage caused by these insects, the forestry department decided to introduce the moth caterpillar in the forest. these caterpillars are natural predators of the insects. which method did the forestry department implement to control the invasive species? the forestry department implemented a(n) control method.