What is the theme of the poem “spring and fall” by gerard manley hopkins? margaret, are you grieving over goldengrove unleaving? leaves like the things of man, you with your fresh thoughts care for, can you? ah! as the heart grows older it will come to such sights colder by and by, nor spare a sigh though worlds of wanwood leafmeal lie; and yet you wíll weep and know why. now no matter, child, the name: sorrow’s spríngs are the same. nor mouth had, no nor mind, expressed what heart heard of, ghost guessed: it is the blight man was born for, it is margaret you mourn for. a. nature outlasts man. b. everything has a meaning. c. all things must pass away. d. children are close to nature.

Select the correct answer. during which stage of the active reading strategy would you identify the theme of a story? a. a = ask questions. b. c = create connections. c. t = track down important information. d. i = make inferences. e. v = visualize. f. e = eureka! combine information.

Read the passage from sugar changed the world. sugar is different from honey. it offers a stronger sweet flavor, and like steel or plastic, it had to be invented. in the age of sugar, europeans bought a product made thousands of miles away that was less expensive than the honey from down the road. that was possible only because sugar set people in motion all across the world—millions of them as slaves, in chains; a few in search of their fortunes. a perfect taste made possible by the most brutal labor: that is the dark story of sugar. how does the comparison of sugar to honey reveal the authors’ purpose? it persuades readers that sugar tastes better than honey. it informs readers that there is a connection between slavery and sugar. it informs readers that honey had a major impact on society. it persuades readers that sugar is as important an invention as steel.

The adventures of tom sawyer, chapter 1 (excert)what does tom do to prevent aunt polly from finding out that he ate her jam? a) tom hides under the bed and then in the closet b) tom hide under the bed and tries to blame the cat c) tom hides in the closet so that aunt polly would not see him d) tom tried to wash the jam off and lied to aunt polly about the cat