If an author is unknown you would start with the title. The correct answer is D.
Answer: The sun has a wondrous effect on icy birch branches.
Explanation:
Robert Frost in this excerpt speaks of how birches are affected by ice and then by the environment around them from how the birches are bent by ice to how the icy branches are then affected by the wind, rain and sun.
At the end Robert describes the effect the sun has on the branches and notes how the sun enables the birches to shed to snow in such heaps that one might think a part of heaven has fallen. As heaven is considered so beautiful, it must mean that the effect the sun had was a beautiful and wonderful one.
The poem speaks of a giant statue of a great and well-renowned king, but that statue lies destroyed in the sand. It speaks of the king being so famous that even "the mighty" cannot compare with it. And yet, in an ironic twist, this statue is described as a wreck. This implies that death overpowers even great fame and wealth, and the best choice is A.
Answer:
A,
Atkins bought them hockey equipment and signed them up to play in the local kid’s league.
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