Read this excerpt from Little Women. "Money is a needful and precious thing, -and, when well used, a noble thing,-but I never want you to think it is the
first or only prize to strive for. I'd rather see you poor men's wives, if you were happy, beloved, contented, than
queens on thrones, without self-respect and peace."
Marmee tells her daughters this shortly after Meg returns from a fortnight with the well-to-do Moffats.
Amy and Meg have both wanted to have nicer things and be a part of high society, but cannot because
Father lost their wealth. Without marrying well, they will never have more than they do right now and will
always have to work. Selecting either Meg or Amy as the focus of your answer, discuss whether either
girl learns the lesson Marmee tries to teach them here. Use details to explain why they have or have not.

Which statement best explains the function of the subtitlein this text? a.it provides additional information that narrows the focusof the text.b.it draws attention to important information in the table ofcontents.c.it introduces the various sections that appear withineach chapter.d.it explains the author's primary reason for writing aboutthis topic.correct (a)

"the children's hour" by henry wadsworth longfellow between the dark and the daylight, when the night is beginning to lower, comes a pause in the day's occupations, that is known as the children's hour. i hear in the chamber above me the patter of little feet, the sound of a door that is opened, and voices soft and sweet. from my study i see in the lamplight, descending the broad hall stair, grave alice, and laughing allegra, and edith with golden hair. a whisper, and then a silence: yet i know by their merry eyes they are plotting and planning together to take me by surprise. a sudden rush from the stairway, a sudden raid from the hall! by three doors left unguarded they enter my castle wall! they climb up into my turret o'er the arms and back of my chair; if i try to escape, they surround me; they seem to be everywhere. they almost devour me with kisses, their arms about me entwine, till i think of the bishop of bingen in his mouse-tower on the rhine! do you think, o blue-eyed banditti, because you have scaled the wall, such an old mustache as i am is not a match for you all! i have you fast in my fortress, and will not let you depart, but put you down into the dungeon in the round-tower of my heart. and there will i keep you forever, yes, forever and a day, till the walls shall crumble to ruin, and moulder in dust away! which literary device does longfellow use most frequently in the poem? a. simile b. metaphor c. repetition d. personification

What makes the literal, word-for-word translation of the metamorphosis hard to read?