What is the theme of this short poem? ? she wanted a little room for thinking: but she saw diapers steaming on the line, a doll slumped behind the door. so she lugged a chair behind the garage to sit out the children’s naps. sometimes there were things to watch— the pinched armor of a vanished cricket, a floating maple leaf. other days she stared until she was assured when she closed her eyes she’d see only her own vivid blood. she had an hour, at best, before liza appeared pouting from the top of the stairs. and just what was mother doing out back with the field mice? why, building a palace. later that night when thomas rolled over and lurched into her, she would open her eyes and think of the place that was hers for an hour—where she was nothing, pure nothing, in the middle of the day.

What point is the author trying to make by comparing the travel times of the first transcontinental railroad and the first transcontinental flight?

With this 3 questions ! really need them right! 1. the first continental congress met in philadelphia on september 5, 1774. all of the colonies sent representatives except georgia. this congress continued in session until october 26, 1774. by then it had passed resolutions calling for a boycott against british trade. the author's main purpose was a. to inform b. to persuade c. to instruct d. to give an opinion 2. identify the point of view of each of the following passages. "my second mate was a round-cheeked, silent young man, grave beyond his years, i thought; but as our eyes happened to meet i detected a slight quiver on his lips. i looked down at once. it was not my part to encourage sneering on board my ship. it must be said, too, that i knew very little of my officers." (joseph conrad, "the secret sharer") a. first person b. third person limited c. third person omniscient d. none of the above 3. identify the point of view of each of the following passages. "he had only himself to in his choice: his fortune was his own; for as to frank, it was more than being tacitly brought up as his uncle's heir, it had become so avowed an adoption as to have him assume the name of churchill on coming of age. it was most unlikely, therefore, that he should ever want his father's assistance. his father had no apprehension of it." (jane austen, emma) a. third person omniscient b. third person limited c. first person d. none of the above

Complete the sentence. there are progressive verb forms in english. four six twelve eight