Read the following poem then answer the adjoining questions. "A Birthday" by Christina Rossetti

My heart is like a singing bird Whose nest is a weathered shoot:

My heart is like an apple tree Whose boughs are bent with thick-set fruit:

My heart is like a rainbow shell That paddles in a halcyon (peaceful] sea;

My heart is gladder than all these Because my love is come to me.

What mood does this poem convey (communicate)?

A. Happiness.

B. Nervousness.

C. Sorrow

Read the excerpt from "home front diary." jimmy simmons stopped by today to tell me that he had enlisted in the army. he asked me if i would write to him, and i said i would. i told him that i've been writing to my uncle arthur and susan's cousin john for about a year, and as an experienced correspondent i had some advice about all the censorship. "don't write down any information about your location or the number of soldiers in your unit because the censors will cut all of that away," i said. "in my experience, loose lips not only sink ships, they make letters look like snowflake decorations! ” well, he belly laughed over that one. how is the author's perspective different from jimmy's? the author has been to war and she can give jimmy advice. jimmy has become a soldier and does not believe the author’s advice. the author has experience writing to soldiers but jimmy does not. jimmy has more experience at letter writing than the author.

Review the allusion which best interprets the meaning of the allusion 1 the man is thick and jolly 2 the man is crabby and unfriendly 3 this man works as a santa claus impersonator 4 the man is generous to others

Which two characteristics does a memoir have? describes an event or a period from the writer's life attempts to convince the reader of something makes an argument about a specific topic is written in first-person point of view is written in third-person point of viewpls me < 3