Thou, with stroke of mighty pen, Hast told of joy and mirth, And read the hearts and souls of men As cradled from their birth. The language of the flowers, Thou hast read them all,, And e'en the little brook Responded to thy call. which choice best states the main purpose of the text? A) To praise a certain writer for being especially perceptive regarding people and nature 3 Io establish that a certain writer has read extensively about a variety of topics C) To call attention to a certain writer's careful and elaborately detailed writing process

The following text is from Maggie Pogue Johnson’s1910 poem “Poet of Our Race.” In this poem, thespeaker is addressing Paul Laurence Dunbar, a Blackauthor.Thou, with stroke of mighty pen,Hast told of joy and mirth,And read the hearts and souls of menAs cradled from their birth.The language of the flowers,Thou hast read them all,And e’en the little brookResponded to thy call.Which choice best states the main purpose of thetext?A) To praise a certain writer for being especiallyperceptive regarding people and natureB) To establish that a certain writer has readextensively about a variety of topicsC) To call attention to a certain writer’s careful andelaborately detailed writing processD) To recount fond memories of an afternoon spentin nature with a certain writer

Which of the following is an accurate statement about reading and writing?

Select the correct text in the passage.Which sentence most refines the idea that the author needs very little to encourage him to write?(2) In the ordinary way, when Shakespeare writes a tragedy, or Mr. Blank gives you one of his charming little essays, a certain amount of thought goes on before pen is put to paper. One cannot write "Scene I. An Open Place. Thunder and Lightning. Enter Three Witches," or "As I look up from my window, the nodding daffodils beckon to me to take the morning," one cannot give of one's best in this way on the spur of the moment. At least, others cannot. But when I have a new nib in my pen, then I can go straight from my breakfast to the blotting-paper, and a new sheet of foolscap fills itself magically with a stream of blue-black words. When poets and idiots talk of the pleasure of writing, they mean the pleasure of giving a piece of their minds to the public; with an old nib a tedious business. They do not mean (as I do) the pleasure of the artist in seeing beautifully shaped "k's" and sinuous "s's" grow beneath his steel. Anybody else writing this article might wonder "Will my readers like it?" I only tell myself "How the compositors2 will love it!"

It refers to the intended reader for one’s piece of writing.*

The following text is from William Blake’s poem, “The Shepherd,” originally published in Songs of Innocence and Experience.How sweet is the shepherd’s sweet lot!From the morn to the evening he strays;He shall follow his sheep all the day,And his tongue shall be filled with praise. For he hears the lambs’ innocent call,And he hears the ewes’ tender reply;He is watchful while they are in peace,For they know when their shepherd is nigh.Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?To acknowledge the hardships the shepherd endures while caring for his sheepeliminateTo praise the shepherd for his good workeliminateTo call attention to the shepherd’s long dayseliminateTo recount a memory of an encounter with a shepherd in the field