1. what is the event (what is happening) of the poem, "we are seven"?

a small girl lies and a boy asks personal questions.
someone is telling of a riddled conversation with a young girl about death.
a little girl is playing outside on a winter's day.

2.what imagery does the speaker use to describe the girl?

maid and beauty
thick, curly hair and woodland air
wildly clad and fair eyes
the 2nd and 3rd answers above

"and these i address to all females that would be married, or are already so; not that i suppose their sex more faulty than the other, and most to want advice, for i assure [women], upon my honour, i believe the quite contrary; but the reason is, because i esteem them better disposed to receive and practice it, and therefore am willing to begin, where i may promise myself the best success." this statement from franklin's "rules and maxims for promoting matrimonial happiness" best demonstrates his use of criticism to argue his point his use of common sense to appeal to women his use of flattery to gain women's attention his use of facts to prove his point