Read the excerpt from Between the Silver and the Ash. The sun is like a child to seek
Yet falls in pools of golden light.
The twins raise leafy arms; there peek
’Tween silver left and ashy right.

Which word best describes the mood of the poem?

melancholic
hopeful
humorous
mysterious

How can rereading a passage to clarify the meaning of a later one?

What words or phrases you to recognize the historical context of the line 7

Read the excerpt from a history of the world in 100 objects. power is usually not willingly given, but forcefully taken; and in both europe and america the nineteenth century was punctuated by political protest, with periodic revolutions on the continent, the civil war in america and, in britain, a steady struggle to widen the suffrage. what would be a benefit of reading this text rather than listening to an audio version of it? the reader could analyze the text features in the excerpt. the reader could visualize the description given. the reader could set his or her own pace and reread parts for clarity. the reader could hear the sounds of the political protest.