He only says, "Good fences make good neighbors."
Spring is the mischief in me, and I wonder:
If I could put a notion in his head:
"Why do they make good neighbors? Isn't it
Where there are cows? But here there are no cows."
Before I built a wall I'd ask to know
What I was walling in or walling out,
And to whom I was like to give offense.
Which theme does this excerpt from the poem "Mending Wall" express?
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Walls can serve to keep things out as well as keep things in.
Walls can serve to keep things out as well as keep things in.
Walls are only used to keep animals in a confined area.
Walls are only used to keep animals in a confined area.
Everyone agrees that walls are useful.
Everyone agrees that walls are useful.
All good neighbors agree with one another.
Walls can serve to keep things out as well as keep things in.
In “A Sound of Thunder,” the butterfly symbolizes
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Responses
the fragility of life.
the fragility of life.
spring, rebirth, renewal.
spring, rebirth, renewal.
changing into a new being.
changing into a new being.
flying toward one's dreams.
the fragility of life.
What is the primary purpose of the detailed descriptions Barry Holstun Lopez includes in the excerpt from Of Wolves and Men?
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to inform the reader about what the forest is like from the wolf’s perspective
to inform the reader about what the forest is like from the wolf’s perspective
to persuade the reader that people should work to conserve unspoiled land in Canada
to persuade the reader that people should work to conserve unspoiled land in Canada
to express the author’s personal feelings about the beauty of the Arctic forests
to express the author’s personal feelings about the beauty of the Arctic forests
to entertain the reader with a fast-paced description of how a wolf hunts a caribou
to inform the reader about what the forest is like from the wolf’s perspective
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In Frost’s poem “Mending Wall,” the lines “I see him there, / Bringing a stone grasped firmly by the top / In each hand, like an old-stone savage armed” uses which poetic device?
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simile
simile
metaphor
metaphor
alliteration
alliteration
personification