Read these lines from Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself": I depart as air, I shake my white locks at the runaway sun,
I effuse my flesh in eddies, and drift it in lacy jags.
I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love,
If you want me again look for me under your boot-soles.
What is one purpose of the personification in this poem?
A. To paint a picture in the reader's mind of a decaying body
B. To portray a force of nature as something that runs from humans
O C. To make a connection between the speaker and the reader
D. To give humanlike qualities to sand dunes and the sea

What factors allowed philip ii of macedonia to conquer the greek city-states?

What organizational decisions made by the first congress are still in effect today?

Read the excerpt from “pakistan’s malala.” "ziauddin had a revolutionary zeal and deep commitment to education," ellick said this week. "this charming little girl, she is a mini-version of him in many ways. she loves school, homework. whenever she would meet me she had a bookbag full of books." "she didn't have that idealistic activist attitude when she's 10 and 11, because who does? " ellick said. "her situation demanded that she grow up before she should have. she caught his contagious commitment and idealism." which detail best reflects how living in the taliban-ruled swat valley affected malala?