Which sentence uses vivid language to establish a peaceful tone?
a. silently moving his head from left to right and right to left, the owl scanned the barn floor for mice.
b. william's best friend, alan, arrived just in time to see the horse trainer beginning to work with the feisty filly.
c. aimee watched the newborn kittens nestle into perfectly round balls against their mother's fur and begin to purr.
d. pinecones plopped on the forest floor as squirrels scurried from tree to tree, gathering nuts before winter arrived.

Demonstrating understanding of jem's development one way to demonstrate understanding of character and theme is by writing from the perspective of a character. for this assignment, compose a short poem from the perspective of jem. your poem should detail his feelings about either a. his father, atticus or b. mrs. dubose. the poem must accurately trace the progression of jem's attitudes and beliefs, highlighting the important events and shifts in his perspective detailed above. your writing should also sound like jem, using voice and word choice that reflects the voice and word choice found in the novel. the poem can be a free poem (meaning it does not need to rhyme or follow a particular format). it should be a minimum of twenty-lines in length, have a title, and follow conventional rules of spelling, grammar, and punctuation.