Which two couplets best establish the voice of the speaker as a serious and determined person? Select the correct texts in the passage. He Had His Dream
by Paul Laurence Dunbar

He had his dream, and all through life,
Worked up to it through toil and strife.
(Afloat fore’er before his eyes,
It colored for him all his skies) :

(The storm–cloud dark
Above his bark,)
The calm and listless vault of blue
Took on its hopeful hue,
It tinctured every passing beam—
He had his dream

He labored hard and failed at last,
His sails too weak to bear the blast,
(The raging tempests tore away
And sent his beating bark astray.)

(But what cared he
For wind or sea!)
He said, “The tempest will be short,
My bark will come to port.”
(He saw through every cloud a gleam—
He had his dream.)

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This excerpt is an example of which kind of characterization? indirect characterization, because it is showing della’s pride in her long hair direct characterization, because it is describing della’s skill for decorating indirect characterization, because it is revealing della’s cultural heritage direct characterization, because it is describing della’s prized possessions

Read this excerpt from holes. a patrol car pulled alongside him. a policeman asked him why he was running. then he took the shoes and made a call on his radio. shortly thereafter, stanley was arrested. it turned out the sneakers had been stolen from a display at the homeless shelter. that evening rich people were going to come to the shelter and pay a hundred dollars to eat the food that the poor people ate every day for free. clyde livingston, who had once lived at the shelter when he was younger, was going to speak and sign autographs. his shoes would be auctioned, and it was expected that they would sell for over five thousand dollars. all the money would go to the homeless. why does sachar include this description of the shoes in the flashback? a.to show where the shoes came from b.to show how valuable the shoes were c.to reveal why stanley was arrested d.to give background on the homeless shelter

Hich statement offers the best comparison of the two poems? where have you gone." i am a black woman.