English, 17.09.2019 13:30 Sk8terkaylee

Read the following poem, then answer the question that follows:
reginald wanted perfect grades,
and it almost worked out that way.
math class was his achilles' heel,
and he could never earn an a.
this poem makes a mythological allusion to the greek hero, achilles. an achilles' heel refers to
a difficult subject
a favorite thing
a single weakness
a surprising event

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