Using complete sentences, list three important characteristics of a republic. Read the excerpt from "Introduction to Poetry" by Billy Collins.

I ask them to take a poem
and hold it up to the light
like a color slide

or press an ear against its hive.

Which statement best explains the central idea of these lines?

But we pulled at the grill [on the ground] and it gave way. and then we saw iron rings as steps leading down a shaft into a darkness without bottom. … it was a great tunnel. its walls were hard and smooth to the touch; it felt like stone, but it was not stone. on the ground there were long thin tracks of iron, but it was not iron; it felt smooth and cold as glass. we knelt, and we crawled forward, our hand groping along the iron line to see where it would lead. but there was an unbroken night ahead. what is the most likely explanation for the walls described in the bold text?

How do you say, " hi my name is clara evertsen" in portugues?

Which of the following should not be included in a thesis statement? transition wordsmain ideasimpersonal language"i" statements