Read the excerpt below and answer the question. Read this excerpt from Aunt Imogen."
They went together into the old room
That looked across the fields; and Imogen
Gazed out with a girl's gladness in her eyes, 40
Happy to know that she was back once more
Where there were those who knew her, and at last
Had gloriously got away again
From cabs and clattered asphalt for a while;
Imogen says in lines 41-42 that she is happy to be back with "those who knew her." Use evidence from
the poem to explain whether people really know Imogen and what it means in the poem to know
someone or know oneself. Your response should be at least one hundred words.

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?

Read the following excerpt from kabir’s “tell me, o swan, your ancient tale,” and answer the question. which of the following best states an implicit meaning of the excerpt? a) the narrator requests that the swan follow him this morning. b) there is a better world than this world that is filled with sadness, death, and decay. c) the narrator overhears someone say “he is i”. d) a bee happily rests on the chest of the narrator.

1. do not confuse theme with a story's subject ending moral 2. which book does the speaker use to illustrate theme? green eggs and ham are you my mother? the cat in the hat 3. theme is usually not stated directly but is instead explicit implied