3). PART A: What impact does the phrase "insistent as anesthetic” have on the passage's meaning (Line 13)?
A. It reveals that the woman has recently come out of surgery.
B. It shows how overpowering the smell of the flowers is in the hospital.
C. It emphasizes how the mother's loss has numbed and isolated her.
D. It portrays the hospital as a cold and unwelcoming place.

Which of the following sets of words are true rhymes? height and weightink and pinkcat and hatlove and love

Write a researched argument essay in which you take a position that reality television does or does not offer value to society. provide a claim and three reasons to support your claim. you must include evidence from multiple sources to support your claim as well.

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?