2. lines 3-7 describe the wooden staircase that is
the metaphor or image for the mother's life. what
might the "tacks," "splinters," and "boards torn
up" in the staircase represent? what could the
"bare" places stand for? finally, what do these
details reveal about the poem's speaker?
highlight these details in the poem. use them as
textual evidence for the annotations that you
make to explain what each of these represents.

How was maggie injured? o a. she was accidently shot in a hunting accident. o b. she broke her back after a fall from the roof of her house. o c. she received serious burns from a fire that destroyed her house. o d. she was struck by a car and broke her legs. submit

In at least 150 words, identify and describe the setting, and the way the author uses imagery to describe it for part 1 of nectar in a sieve.

Announcer two: ladies and gentlemen, following on the news given in our bulletin a moment ago, the government meteorological bureau has requested the large observatories of the country to keep an astronomical watch on any further disturbances occurring on the planet mars. due to the unusual nature of this occurrence, we have arranged an interview with noted astronomer professor pierson, who will give us his views on the event. in a few moments we will take you to the princeton observatory at princeton, new jersey. we return you until then to the music of ramón raquello and his orchestra. the passage is from the transcript of the radio adaptation of the war of the worlds by h. g. wells. instead of including expert interviews, h. g. wells uses a narrator to tell about an alien invasion that occurred a few years earlier. by including expert interviews, how does the radio broadcast change the story most effectively? o.a. it puts the story in the past tense, increasing its personal tone. o o b. it makes the broadcast sound more like a fictional story. o o c. it makes the broadcast sound like a news report. o d. it makes the story sound less believable by changing who presents the story's details.