Forest of Fire The chill has reached the trees Setting them afire, The wind blows and sparks, leaves floating flipping flittering. lighting the ground in blazing brilliant colors of fall.

How does the placement of the words "floating / flipping / flittering most
clearly contribute to the meaning of the poem?

A. The placement of the words reflects the image of a leaf falling
from a tree.

B. The separation of the words onto different lines shows that the
ideas are not connected.

C. The repetition of words beginning with femphasizes the poem's
topic of fall.

D. The placement of the words slows the pace of the poem,
emphasizing the content of the lines.

Read the excerpt from "mother tongue." lately, i’ve been giving more thought to the kind of english my mother speaks. like others, i have described it to people as “broken” or “fractured” english. but i wince when i say that. it has always bothered me that i can think of no other way to describe it other than “broken,” as if it were damaged and needed to be fixed, as if it lacked a certain wholeness and soundness. what best supports the inference that tan believes nonstandard english is no less valid than standard english? tan spends a lot of time thinking about her mother’s “fractured” english. tan has trouble thinking of descriptive words when she is writing. tan’s american education makes it difficult for her to understand her mother. tan winces when she describes her mother’s english as “broken.”