ACT Practice Test-test

ACT Practice Test-test

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The following text is from Carl Sandburg's 1916 poem “Grass.” Pile the bodies high at Austerlitz and Waterloo.Shovel them under and let me work—I am the grass; I cover all.And pile them high at GettysburgAnd pile them high at Ypres and Verdun.Shovel them under and let me work.Two years, ten years, and passengers ask the conductor:What place is this?Where are we now?I am the grass.Let me work. Which choice best describes the overall structure of the text?

The speaker warns against forgetting the past and then provides examples of places where this has happened.

The speaker describes the relentless growth of grass and then questions its significance in historical contexts.

The speaker illustrates the process of covering historical battlefields with grass and then highlights the erasure of memory.

The speaker emphasizes the passage of time and then challenges the importance of remembering historical events.

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