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Read this excerpt from an argumentative essay about community service.

Everyone should volunteer for community service. According to a state survey, towns in which people perform community service attract more business. In a recent speech, Mayor Lin said, “Parks are clean due to our volunteers. We have saved nearly one million dollars because of people chipping in.”

Which would be the best concluding statement for this argument?

A. Doing community service makes towns better for business and for individuals.

B. Community service will give you something to do.

C. Volunteering for community service will help prove Mayor Lin right.

D. Volunteering to do community service will save everyone in town money.

Read the excerpt from the poem "growing up italian" by maria mazziotti gillan and answer the question that follows. when i was a little girl, i thought everyone was italian, and that was good. we visted our aunts and uncles, and they visted us. the italian language smooth and sweet in my mouth. in kindergarten, english words fell on me, thick and sharp as hail. i grew silent, the italian word balanced on the edge of my tongue and the english word, lost during the first moment of every question. source: gillan, maria mazziotti. "growing up italian." poetrymagazine.com. poetry magazine, n.d. web. 30 mar. 2011. what is the tone of this poem? what does the tone reveal about the speaker of the poem and the conflict she faces? based on this excerpt, what can you predict about the theme of the poem?