Unit 8: Explain the function of plot and
structure.
The images used throughout the first stanza (lines 1-8) function collectively as an illustration
of the correct answer cyclical nature of life Unlike the first two stanzas, the third stanza is
composed of statements rather than questions, marking a turn from an correct answer
expression of individual modesty to the assertion of a truth about impermanence The
paradoxical assertion that the tree is "no mightier than the leaf" (line 18) suggests that the
tree correct answer will meet the same fate as the leaf Which statement about Jackson best
explains the irony in the first sentence of the sixth paragraph ("He set . . . York")? correct
answer He is attempting to use technology to find a place his heart longs for In context, the
relationship between a "hatchet" (line 9) and a "pruning knife" (line 10) is most similar to that
between correct answer a slaughterer and a nurturer The poem is structured as which of the
following? correct answer A conversation
structure.
The images used throughout the first stanza (lines 1-8) function collectively as an illustration
of the correct answer cyclical nature of life Unlike the first two stanzas, the third stanza is
composed of statements rather than questions, marking a turn from an correct answer
expression of individual modesty to the assertion of a truth about impermanence The
paradoxical assertion that the tree is "no mightier than the leaf" (line 18) suggests that the
tree correct answer will meet the same fate as the leaf Which statement about Jackson best
explains the irony in the first sentence of the sixth paragraph ("He set . . . York")? correct
answer He is attempting to use technology to find a place his heart longs for In context, the
relationship between a "hatchet" (line 9) and a "pruning knife" (line 10) is most similar to that
between correct answer a slaughterer and a nurturer The poem is structured as which of the
following? correct answer A conversation
