Read this excerpt from "gravity" by judith ortiz cofer:
as always on new year's eve, my father asked me to dance the last dance of the year with him, and at midnight he held my mother as she wept in his arms for her isla and her familia so far away. this time i did not just feel my usual little pang of jealousy for being left out of their perceptions.
which statement best describes the intended aesthetic impact of this excerpt?
a. by having elenita say that she no longer envied being left on the sidelines, the author conveys her maturity, leaving the reader hopeful.
b. by describing elenita's jealousy, the author reveals the truth of the conflict between her and her mother.
c. by having elenita's father dance with her mother, the author highlights the connection between the couple, leaving the reader happy.
d. by having elenita refer to a new year's custom, the author reinforces the theme of honoring one's cultural traditions.

In the story "seventh grade," how do victor's hopes and expectations about teresa at the beginning of the school day compare with his hopes and expectations about teresa at the end of the school day? his hopes and expectations are exactly the same at the end of the day. his hopes and expectations are completely different at the end of the day. his hopes and expectations are strengthened by the end of the day. his hopes and expectations are weakened by the end of the day.

Read this passage.my career in journalism has taught me the challenges of capturing sporting events, yet gregor powell's descriptions are flawless. powell is a gold-medal paralympic swimmer, but his memoir proves that his true strength is the power of his insights.what feature distinguishes this passage as a foreword?

Match each excerpt to the correct stanza structure. 1. it was many and many a year ago, in a kingdom by the sea, that a maiden there lived whom you may know by the name of annabel lee; and this maiden she lived with no other thought than to love and be loved by me. (from "annabel lee" by edgar allan poe) 2. o thou, new-year, delaying long, delayest the sorrow in my blood, that longs to burst a frozen bud and flood a fresher throat with song. (from "in memoriam" by alfred lord tennyson) 3. nature’s first green is gold, her hardest hue to hold. her early leaf’s a flower but only so an hour. then leaf subsides to leaf. so eden sank to grief,; so dawn goes down to day. nothing gold can stay. (from "nothing gold can stay" by robert frost) 4. at sestos hero dwelt; hero the fair, whom young apollo courted for her hair, and offered as a dower his burning throne, where she should sit for men to gaze upon. the outside of her garments were of lawn, the lining purple silk, with gilt stars drawn; (from "hero and leander" by christopher marlowe) quatrain couplet octave sestet