Question 1 (1 point) Which of the following statements is true? A. Memoirs usually avoid topics that are personal to the author while short stories are typically focused on a particular moment in the author's life.

B. Memoirs are made-up stories about an individual's life, but fictional short stories are typically based on true events.

C. Short stories are nearly always written in first person point-of-view, but memoirs are more typically written in third person point-of-view.

D. Memories and short stories both follow a narrative arc and can include characters and dialogue

What is a synonym for the word anguish based on the context in which the word appears in this line from james joyce's "araby"? gazing up into the darkness i saw myself as a creature driven and derided by vanity; and my eyes burned with anguish and anger. a. distrust b. torment c. sarcasm d. isolation e. ferocity

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?

Why does koskoosh give up his fight with the wolves