How many causes are listed in the paragraph below? in the last ten years, the homeschooling movement has grown dramatically. this is due to several causes. first, state governments have passed laws making it easier to homeschool, in large part due to the efforts of organizations like home school legal defense association. second, an increase in public school violence and hostility towards religious beliefs has convinced a number of parents to pull their children out and school them elsewhere. third, costs for private schooling have increased significantly, limiting parents' options elsewhere. fourth, studies on the effectiveness of homeschooling have shown that a large percentage of homeschool students perform well above the national average. these are just a few of the causes of the continued growth of this movement. three four five

Examine the imagery in these lines of the poem "the legend" by garrett hongo. he is asian, thai or vietnamese, and very skinny, dressed as one of the poor in rumpled suit pants and a plaid mackinaw, dingy and too large. he negotiates the slick of ice on the sidewalk by his car, opens the fairlane's back door, leans to place the laundry in, and turns, for an instant, toward the flurry of footsteps and cries of pedestrians as a boy—that's all he was— backs from the corner package store shooting a pistol, firing it, once, at the dumbfounded man who falls forward, grabbing at his chest. how does the imagery in these lines affect the reader’s experience of the poem? check all that apply. it creates a visual picture of the man. it conveys what the scene sounds like. it describes the actions of the boy. it reveals the poet’s opinion of the characters. it encourages readers to care for the characters. it shows the resolution of a conflict. it explains the reasons for the event.