Can you answer it now now now now ‘’Only today I wish I didn’t have only eleven years rattling inside me like pennies in a tin Band-Aid box.’’Make an inference about the figurative language used. What is the author trying to say? Why is he/she using this device? What main idea is it helping us understand? What tone is it trying to create?

The author seems to be expressing fear. Since it mentions 11 years, we can assume they are young. Since it seems to be talking about objects if a figurative way and the rattling, it could be a sense of shaking if fear.

these have to be in your own words

- "d.)  describe the iroquois belief of how the earth was created. for the iroquois, there was no reason to explain the importance of rituals. also, as animists, they didn't need a special elaboration as to why animals are important or why they had a crucial role in the earth's creation. this is just an authentic myth that explains the creation of the earth. every culture has produced creation myths."