For nearly a year, I sopped around the house, the Store, the school and
the church, like an old biscuit, dirty and inedible. Then I met, or rather got
to know, the lady who threw me my first life line.
Which phrase from the passage most helps the reader to identify author Maya
Angelou’s viewpoint about Mrs. Flowers?
I sopped around the house
an old biscuit
dirty and inedible
threw me my first life line
The phrase from the
passage most helps the reader to identify author Maya Angelou’s viewpoint about
Mrs. Flowers is ‘threw me my first life line’.
Answer:
The notion of the phoenix probably means that love gives her hope for a change or better life. The phoenix symbolizes being recreated or reborn.
Explanation:
It is likely the author means that women often feel like love is their escape or that once they find a husband they can be reborn from having to succumb always to the wills of men in her life. A phoenix is a mythological bird that is reborn again after burning, emerging from the ashes as reborn. Love gives them hope for a time but then the "disturbed rest" and "painful signs" suggest that she suffers because of love as well. The entire poem laments the position of women at that time which was conceived as normally controlled by and subservient to men.
Using context clues, the answer seems to be B. Deeply filled
Answer:
B. After the earthquake in Crete, the water tower leans more than 15 degrees to the right.
D. The voters are leaning toward the mayoral candidate with more government experience.
Explanation:
A, C, and E are wrong. They use 'lean' as a noun, but lean (not as slang) is a verb and adjective.
Answer:
10. is C
11. has to be C
12.A
13.D
Explanation:
10. Because Maria listens intently and provides an interpretation of the problem, which helps Shaniqua solve her dilemma.
11. Any type of listener who only pays attention to messages for the purposes of collecting information to attack what you have to say is definitely a defensive listener
