Read the excerpt from "i'm not thirteen yet" by amy bernstein. sixth grade was a tough year. some days, walking the halls was like trudging through peanut butter—nearly impossible. i had entered the world of teenagers, and i wasn't even one of them yet. lynette gardner had always been my best friend, until february, when she turned thirteen. i wouldn't be thirteen until august. what about the excerpt shows that this story might be a personal narrative?   it is narrated by a character in the story. it has one central character. it has more than one character. it describes real and imagined characters.

Read the excerpt from warriors don't cry. as we approached behind them, we could see only the clusters of white people that stretched for a distance of two blocks along the entire span of the school building. my mind could take in the sights and sounds only one by one: flashing cameras, voices shouting in my ears, men and women jostling each other, old people, young people, people running, uniformed police officers walking, men standing still, men and women waving their fists, and then the long line of uniformed soldiers carrying weapons just like in the war movies i had seen. which words create the mood in the excerpt? check all that apply.

What effect does an author achieve b the language of the monstrous? y using words with strong connotations? how does this relate to

Analyze lowell’s use of symbolism in the poem “for the union dead.” explain how lowell’s use of symbolism to develop one or more themes in the text.