As a Republican, I say to my colleagues on this side of the aisle that the Republican party faces a challenge today
that is not unlike the challenge that it faced back in
Lincoln's day. The Republican party so successfully met
that challenge that it emerged from the Civil War as the
champion of a united nation-in addition to being a party
which unrelentingly fought loose spending and loose
programs.
What effect does this analogy have on Smith's tone?
O A. This analogy contributes to her disrespectful and angry tone.
O B. This analogy supports her joyful and righteous tone.
O C. This analogy supports Smith's indignant and knowledgeable tone.
D. This analogy contributes to her discouraged and hostile tobe.

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How many syllables does a tanka have? a. 31 b. 17 c. 14 d. 10

The pizza delivery boy was neither early nor late he was right on time. question 12 options: (a)correct as it is (b)the pizza delivery boy was neither early nor late, he was right on time. (c)the pizza delivery boy was neither early nor late; and he was right on time. (d)the pizza delivery boy was neither early nor late: he was right on time.

Javier is writing a literary analysis of the secret garden. read this introduction to his essay. frances burnett’s “the secret garden” explores the challenges of a sickly, self-centered little girl named mary lennox. after mary’s parents die of cholera, she moves from india to england to live at her uncle’s estate in yorkshire. while living at the old estate, mary discovers an abandoned garden that belonged to her deceased aunt. tending to the neglected garden brings mary joy, and her health improves. through mary’s transformation, burnett presents nature as a symbol of rebirth and healing. which piece of textual evidence should javier use to support the claim made in the introduction? a. “‘it’s in the garden no one can go into,’ she said to herself. ‘it’s the garden without a door. he lives in there. how i wish i could see what it is like! ’” b. “in india she had always felt hot and too languid to care much about anything. the fact was that the fresh wind from the moor had begun to blow the cobwebs out of her young brain and to waken her up a little.” c. “mary felt lonelier than ever when she knew she was no longer in the house. she went out into the garden as quickly as possible, and the first thing she did was to run round and round the fountain flower garden ten times.” d. “‘it isn’t a quite dead garden,’ she cried out softly to herself. ‘even if the roses are dead, there are other things alive.’”