All night, they had walked silently. the mules were flagging. the wind blew hard. their stomachs, empty since yesterday, no longer made noise. the girl walked numbly on, as in a trance. she could no longer feel the earth beneath her feet. why would the author most likely include this passage at the beginning of a story? a. to set up a conflict among the main characters b. to establish the motivation of the main character c. to identify the story as an example of a particular tradition d. to make the reader question what is happening in the story

You have to go. you have to, yer the only doctor. go ahead on, you," bruh fox say. big doc rabbit went down to the brook again. the water was so cool and ribbly and it kept the crock of cream so fresh and cold. doc rabbit drank about half of the cream this time. then he went back up to brother fox with the hard labor of raisin the roof. heard tell about this phrase remind readers that these stories were usually told, not read. which line from the excerpt is an example of personification?

Which event occurred in the nearly two-year time span between act 3 and act4 of the tragedy of julius caesar?

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?