"t. j., don't you come talking to me 'bout no more cheating! " cried stacey angrily. "after all that trouble i got in the last time 'count of you. you got questions, you ask mama yourself, but you say one more word to me 'bout them tests, i'm gonna—"

which statement best describes and explains a character’s actions?

stacey will not answer t. j.’s questions because t. j. is angry.
stacey gets angry when he does not know the answers to test questions.
t. j. cheats on the tests because stacey will not answer his questions.
t. j. asks again about the tests and stacey becomes angry.

The following question asks about one or more selections from your literature textbook. you may use your textbook to answer this question. both “lob’s girl” and “jeremiah’s song” contain flashbacks. in a paragraph, explain what this plot technique adds to the stories. support your answer with one detail from each story.

Reflect on the passages above and your responses to them. compose a response to this questions: how does the use of metaphor bring to life or intensify whatever the author is describing? do you think metaphors enhance description or make them too difficult to understand? explain your response.

In the sweet hereafter and the following poem, what does the newborn symbolize? "every death is magic from the enemy to be avenged" by brooks haxton when fever burned the last light out of my daughter's eyes, i swore to find and kill the ones to blame. men must mount the long boat in the dark with spears. at dawn, where the flowering spicebush hid my scent, i crouched. a young wife, newborn slung across her chest, came first for spring water. she stooped. my god, for vengeance, spoke her secret name inside my ear. her god stepped back with no scream, his right hand at his mouth, the knuckles clenched between the pointed teeth. death is not evil. innocence of childhood the continuing cycle of life and death the children that will never be born