How does the poem's rhyme scheme most clearly contribute to the meaning of the poem? You Pick
How tall is the one whose glass is half-full;
How small is the one whose glass is a near-empty pool.\
How sunny is the one who sees the bright side of things;
How gloomy is the one whose heart to clouds clings.
One smile, a snapshot of glee shared with a stranger;
One frown, a beast growling with anger.
A choice to be made:
For joy — will you be an open door
Or barricade?

A. The rigidly structured rhyming pattern highlights the deadly seriousness of the poem's topic.
B. The unstructured rhyming pattern expresses the speaker's frustration with people who choose to be unhappy.
C. The rhyming pairs of lines emphasize the contrast between positive and negative attitudes.
D. The fact that all the lines rhyme creates a lively pace to draw attention to the poem's happy feel.

Read this excerpt from "herd about the flu." the flu shot prevent huge numbers of infections. even when it doesn't fully prevent infection in every person, the shot makes any flu infection less serious. on a global scale, the vaccine can reduce the number of infections only if most people in the community take it. that's because vaccines need to reach enough people to achieve a "herd immunity," the level of immunity needed to prevent the virus from spreading. if too few people get the vaccine, the people who receive it may not be well protected against infection. so the next time you are at the drugstore, and you see no flu shots available, think about the reasons behind it. drug makers are scared to make too many flu shots because they could lose too much money. they then make fewer flu shots and the effect of the flu shots becomes weaker because not enough people take it. people become more reluctant to take the flu shot since they don't think it will fully work. the demand goes down further and the flu companies make even fewer shots the next year. this could continue until the community changes its mind and we all get the flu shot. "that is a community responsibility," says the president of merck, one of the two remaining flu vaccine manufacturers. which argument best supports the passage's claim that more people should get the flu vaccine to stop the virus from spreading? 1.if too few people get the vaccine, the people who receive it may not be well protected against infection 2. so the next time you are at the drugstore, and you see no flu shots available, think about the reasons behind it. 3.people become more reluctant to take the flu shot since they don’t think it will fully work. 4.drug makers are scared to make too many flu shots because they could lose too much money.