Match each method with its advantages 1. speaker can adjust delivery when necessary

2. speaker can maintain eye contact with the audience

3. less chance of committing a grammatical error

4. useful for situations where notes would be awkward

A. impromptu
B. extemporaneous
C. memorized
D. manuscript

In the story "a very old man with enormous wings", why does the young girl get changed into a spider?

How does the author foreshadow trouble in the prison? support your answer with explicit textual evidence

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?