1) c) are
2) b) is
3) a) am
4) c) are
5) c) are
I would say that the answer is 'the poet uses dashes to slow readers down as they read through the poem', but that's kind of debatable. It doesn't fit any of the other answers, though.
Someone or something alive and able to think or feel
The correct answer is claim.
A claim is any statement or point of view a person might take on a particular argument. If you agree with one side of an argument, it means that you have a claim when it comes to that side. For example, if you are pro abortion, your claim is that abortion should be legal.
