Which sentence in the passage indicates an optimistic tone? throughout life you're faced with more than your share of forks in the road. every decision shapes who you are and who you will become. that's why big decisions take such careful consideration. as a freshman in high school, my biggest decision was whether to have pancakes or toast for breakfast. but soon i would be faced with a far bigger decision—where to go to college and what career to pursue. by the beginning of junior year, everyone was talking about where they wanted to go to college. i wanted to go to a college out of state, but the schools i was interested in were very expensive. even though my family doesn’t have a lot of money, i knew i could get a scholarship if i improved my grades. i spent my junior year working on raising my gpa. by the time i was a senior, i could clearly see the path to a good school.

Diego rivera was a famous artist from mexico. most of his paintings were murals. murals are paintings that are made directly on a wall. rivera thought that all people should be able to see beautiful art, not just people who could afford to go to museums. this is why he painted most of his murals on the walls of public buildings

Read this excerpt from "the light of gandhi's lamp" by hilary kromberg inglis, in which she describes driving to the police station where her sister is being detained. to avoid looking at the blackened windows at the top of the building and thinking about the history of who had died or been tortured there, i always looked instead at the little chinese restaurant on the opposite side of the road. how does this passage affect the text? it conveys, with great subtlety, the conflict she felt over having a sister who would break the law and end up in the custody of the police. it conveys, without any implied moral judgment, that those who fought against apartheid considered themselves to be soldiers in a just war. it conveys, with an extended metaphor, the idea that being detained by the police in this society was regarded as a badge of honor. it conveys, with direct language, the view held by many anti-apartheid activists that the police often acted in brutal and unlawful ways.

Which statements describe the last two lines of a shakespearean sonnet? select three options.