Category: Writing

1. (a) What implicit assumption does Thoreau rely on when he discusses the relationship of money and the soul in Walden? (b) Do you believe Thoreau’s assumption is valid? Why or why not? 2. (a) Identify the explicit assumption with which Thoreau begins his discussion in “Civil Disobedience.” (b) What counterarguments, or opposing views, to this assumption might someone present? 3. (a) In Walden, how does Thoreau support his point that “It makes but little difference whether you are committed to a farm or the county jail”? (b) What implicit assumption does this statement suggest? (c) Do you agree? Explain. 4. Record Thoreau’s implicit assumptions on a variety of issues as they are revealed in Walden. List specific details that allow you to identify each assumption. SSUE IMPLICIT ASSUMPTION DETAILS Desire for freedom Simplicity of life Nonconformity

1. Read the excerpt from Act III, Scene ii of
Julius Caesar
and answer the question that follows.
FIRST CITIZEN:
Methinks there is much reason in his sayings.
SECOND CITIZEN:
If thou consider rightly of the matter,
Caesar has had great wrong.
THIRD CITIZEN:
Has he, masters?
I fear there will a worse come in his place.
FOURTH CITIZEN:
Mark’d ye his words? He would not take the crown;
Therefore ’tis certain he was not ambitious.
FIRST CITIZEN:
If it be found so, some will dear abide it.
SECOND CITIZEN:
Poor soul! his eyes are red as fire with weeping.
THIRD CITIZEN:
There’s not a nobler man in Rome than Antony.
FOURTH CITIZEN:
Now mark him, he begins again to speak.
ANTONY:
But yesterday the word of Caesar might
Have stood against the world; now lies he there.
And none so poor to do him reverence.
O masters, if I were disposed to stir
Your hearts and minds to mutiny and rage,
I should do Brutus wrong, and Cassius wrong,
Who, you all know, are honourable men:
I will not do them wrong; I rather choose
To wrong the dead, to wrong myself and you,
Than I will wrong such honourable men.
But here’s a parchment with the seal of Caesar;
I found it in his closet, ’tis his will:
Let but the commons hear this testament—
Which, pardon me, I do not mean to read—
And they would go and kiss dead Caesar’s wounds
And dip their napkins in his sacred blood,
Yea, beg a hair of him for memory,
And, dying, mention it within their wills,
Bequeathing it as a rich legacy
Unto their issue.
FOURTH CITIZEN:
We’ll hear the will: read it, Mark Antony.
ALL:
The will, the will! We will hear Caesar’s will.
ANTONY:
Have patience, gentle friends, I must not read it;
It is not meet you know how Caesar loved you.
You are not wood, you are not stones, but men;
And, being men, bearing the will of Caesar,
It will inflame you, it will make you mad:
‘Tis good you know not that you are his heirs;
For, if you should, O, what would come of it!
In a well-written paragraph of 7 sentences:
Identify two rhetorical appeals (ethos, kairos, logos, or pathos) used by Antony; the appeal types may be the same or different.
Evaluate the effectiveness of both appeals.
Support your response with evidence of each appeal from the text.
2. Read the excerpt from Act III, Scene i of
Julius Caesar
. Then answer the question that follows.
ANTONY:
For I have neither wit, nor words, nor worth,
Action, nor utterance, nor the power of speech
To stir men’s blood; I only speak right on.
I tell you that which you yourselves do know,
Show you sweet Caesar’s wounds, poor poor dumb mouths,
And bid them speak for me.
Which statement best explains the figurative language in the bolded lines?
a. Antony uses a simile to compare Caesar’s wounds to a poor person who is not powerful enough to speak.
b. Antony uses hyperbole to exaggerate the wounds in Caesar’s body by saying they are poor and dumb.
c. Antony uses personification to bring life to Caesar’s wounds to emphasize their significance; he tells the audience the wounds tell Caesar’s sad story.
d. Antony uses meiosis to make the wounds on Caesar’s body seem unimportant because he wants the audience to focus on Cassius.

“Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut Respond to the following questions in the workspace provided. The third question may require a longer response. 1) How does Vonnegut employ understatement, irony, and humour effectively in this story? 2) Notice what George says about the Dark Ages. What in this speech indicates Vonnegut’s larger purpose for writing? 3) In Kurt Vonnegut’s “Harrison Bergeron,” handicaps are given to individuals who excel in particular skills or qualities. In what ways does this story reflect present-day society and the pursuit of equality? What would Vonnegut say about today’s circumstances?

Neither of the senators has endorsed a candidate. The indefinite pronoun of the sentence is 7 . It is a pronoun, so the verb has Both of the
debates was nationally televised. The indefinite pronoun of the sentence is . It is a pronoun, so the verb was

QUESTION 2 According to Josephus, a member of the philosophical sect known as the Sadducees would most likely adhere to severe
discipline, be an aristocratic priest or high priest, be a scribe associated with the masses, or have lived in the community at Qumran.

3. PART A: Which of the following best describes the meaning of the word “hypervigilant” as it is used in Paragraph 11 ? O A. unable
to lead a normal, healthy life O B. physically active O C. paranoid or fearful O D. extraordinarily alert and prepared for combat

Hey, so here are some quotes from the book the hate you give and i want you to annoitate each quote with good explanation
1. “you need Saturday to recover and Sunday to repent”
2.”Don’t fall for that trap. that’s what they want. if you don’t wanna speak out, that’s up to you, but don’t let it be because you’re scared of them. who do i tell you that you have to fear? Nobody but God”
3. ” I knew it must’ve been serious. Daddy has the biggest mouth of anybody I know,and if he said to be quiet, i needed to be quiet, I hope somebody had the talk with khalil”.
4.”something to live for,something to die for”.
5.” Don’t let them put words in your mouth.God gave you a brain.you don’t need theirs.
6.”people like us in situations like this become hashtags, but they rarely get justice. i think we all wait for that one time though, that one time when it ends right.”
7.”I hope none of them ask about my spring break. They went to Taipei, the Bahamas, Harry Potter World. I stayed in the hood and saw a cop kill my friend.”
8. “good-byes hurt the most when the other person’s already gone”.
9. “Once you’ve seen how broken someone is it’s like seeing them naked-you can’t look at them the same anymore”.
10. “Funerals aren’t for dead people. They’re for the living”.
11. “Sometimes you can do everything right and things will still go wrong. The key is to never stop doing right”.
12. “That’s the hate they’re giving us, baby, a system designed against us. That’s Thug Life”.
please annotate each quote from the book the hate you give with good explanation

Question 27
Match each type of play to its definition
– A. B. C. D. E. F.
Unoccupied play
– A. B. C. D. E. F.
Independent play
– A. B. C. D. E. F.
Onlooker play
– A. B. C. D. E. F.
Parallel play
– A. B. C. D. E. F.
Associative play
– A. B. C. D. E. F.
Cooperative Play
A.
A very early type of play. It is unstructured and often involves uncoordinated (but possibly repetitive).
B.
Involves children playing next to each other, perhaps with the same type of activity or manipulative, but not interacting through the play.
C.
When a child engaged with play by observing other children play.
D.
Children both play together and have some organization and goals within the play, the level of which will vary according to development.
E.
The “middle man” between parallel play and cooperative play. Unlike parallel play, children are playing and interacting together. Unlike cooperative play, there is no common goal or organization in this play.
F.
A child plays by himself undirected. Independent play is often in an exploratory.
Question 11
Children push the limits during play which helps them develop.
True
False
Question 16
Scenario: Dennis is a two-year-old room lead teacher. Dennis has planned a half-hour circle time each day of the week: is this DAP?
A.
2 year olds would not sit for a half hour circle time
B.
2 year olds would be very engaged and pay attention for the whole half hour
Question 17
Michelle is a center director who is in the process of converting an infant room to a toddler room due to her center’s capacity and needs. What is one item below that would NOT be DAP that Michelle should remove from the infant room before she opens the toddler room?
A.
High Chairs: toddlers should eat at small, child sized tables
B.
Books: toddlers will just rip them up
C.
Soft manipulatives: those should only be used for infants
D.
All of these are appropriate for toddlers.
Question 20
______________________ is about commanding and controlling. As children grow and learn, they achieve higher levels of command and control over their bodies, minds, and world.
A.
Executive function
B.
DAP
C.
NAEYC
D.
Co-dependence
Question 22
What do children seek during play?
A.
Knowledge and Truth
B.
Enjoyment and Satisfaction
C.
Parental Approval
D.
More Toys
Question 24
Which one of these is NOT a domain developed during play:
A.
Social
B.
Physical
C.
Emotional
D.
Cognitive
E.
Spatial

According to the article Peggy McIntosh’s “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack” and William Ray’s “Unpacking Peggy McIntosh’s Knapsack”
1. What is “white privilege,” as defined by Peggy McIntosh? What is the “invisible knapsack”?
2. McIntosh identifies daily effects of white privilege. List two that you can relate to in terms of
privileges you may enjoy (even if you are not white) or may not enjoy—you may quote
McIntosh.
3. What is a meritocracy? Do we live in a meritocracy? Explain. Does McIntosh think we do?
Cite evidence from the article for support.
4. Aside from “disapproving of the systems,” as McIntosh states, detail  what
she suggests to do to create change. Do you agree or disagree?
5. What is Ray’s main opposing argument to McIntosh’s claim about her white privilege in
“Unpacking Peggy McIntosh’s Knapsack”? What supporting evidence does he provide in
illustrating his point?
6. What does Ray mean when he refers to McIntosh’s essay as “experiential”? According to him,
what happens to those who question the concept of white privilege?

A Handful of Dates by Tayeb Salih I must have been very young at the time. While I don’t remember exactly how old I was, I do remember that when people saw me with my grandfather they would pat me on the head and give my cheek a pinch – things they didn’t do to my grandfather. The strange thing was that I never used to go out with my father, rather it was my grandfather who would take me with him wherever he went, except for the mornings, when I would go to the mosque to learn the Koran. The mosque, the river, and the fields – these were the landmarks in our life. While most of the children of my age grumbled at having to go to the mosque to learn the Koran, I used to love it. The reason was, no doubt, that I was quick at learning by heart and the Sheik always asked me to stand up and recite the Chapter of the Merciful whenever we had visitors, who would pat me on my head and cheek just as people did when they saw me with my grandfather. Yes, I used to love the mosque, and I loved the river, too. Directly we finished our Koran reading in the morning I would throw down my wooden slate and dart off, quick as a genie, to my mother, hurriedly swallow down my breakfast, and run off for a plunge in the river. When tired of swimming about, I would sit on the bank and gaze at the strip of water that wound away eastwards, and hid behind a thick wood of acacia trees. I loved to give rein to my imagination and picture myself a tribe of giants living behind that wood, a people tall and thin with white beards and sharp noses, like my grandfather. Before my grandfather ever replied to my many questions, he would rub the tip of his nose with his forefinger; as for his beard, it was soft and luxuriant and as white as cotton wool – never in my life have I seen anything of a purer whiteness or greater beauty. My grandfather must also have been extremely tall, for I never saw anyone in the whole area address him without having him look up at him, nor did I see him enter a house without having to bend so low that I was put in mind of the way the river wound round behind the wood of acacia trees. I loved him and would imagine myself, when I grew to be a man, tall and slender like him, walking along with great strides. I believe I was his favorite grandchild: no wonder, for my cousins were a stupid bunch and I – so they say – was an intelligent child. I used to know when my grandfather wanted me to laugh, when to be silent; also I would remember the times for his prayers and would bring him his prayer rug and fill the ewer for his ablutions without his having to ask me. When he had nothing else to do he enjoyed listening to me reciting to him from the Koran in a lilting voice, and I could tell from his face that he was moved. One day I asked him about our neighbor Masood. I said to my grandfather: I fancy you don’t like our neighbor Masood? To which he answered, having rubbed the tip of his nose: He’s an indolent man and I don’t like such people. I said to him: What’s an indolent man? My grandfather lowered his head for a moment; then, looking across the wide expanse of field, he said: Do you see it stretching out from the edge of the desert up to the Nile bank? A hundred feddans. Do you see all those date palms? And those trees – sant, acacia, and sayal? All this fell into Masood’s lap, was inherited by him from his father. Taking advantage of the silence that had descended on my grandfather, I turned my gaze from him to the vast area defined by words. I don’t care, I told myself, who owns those date palms, those trees or this black, cracked earth – all I know is that it’s the arena for my dreams and my playground. My grandfather then continued: Yes, my boy, forty years ago all this belonged to Masood – two-thirds of it is now mine. This was news for me, for I had imagined that the land had belonged to my grandfather ever since God’s Creation. I didn’t own a single feddan when I first set foot in this village. Masood was then the owner of all these riches. The position had changed now, though, and I think that before Allah calls me to Him I shall have bought the remaining third as well.” I do not know why it was I felt fear at my grandfather’s words – and pity for our neighbor Masood. How I wished my grandfather wouldn’t do what he’d said! I remembered Masood’s singing, his beautiful voice and powerful laugh that resembled the gurgling of water. My grandfather never laughed. I asked my grandfather why Masood had sold his land. Women, and from the way my grandfather pronounced the word I felt that women was something terrible. Masood, my boy, was a much-married man. Each time he married he sold me a feddan or two. I made the quick calculation that Masood must have married some ninety women. Then I remembered his three wives, his shabby appearance, his lame donkey and its dilapidated saddle, his galabia with the torn sleeves. I had all but rid my mind of the thoughts that jostled in it when I saw the man approaching us, and my grandfather and I exchanged glances. We’ll be harvesting the dates today, said Masood. Don’t you want to be there? I felt, though, that he did not really want my grandfather to attend. My grandfather, however, jumped to his feet and I saw that his eyes sparkled momentarily with an intense brightness. He pulled me by the hand and we went off to the harvesting of Masood’s dates. Someone brought my grandfather a stool covered with an oxhide, while I remained standing. There was a vast number of people there, but though I knew them all, I found myself for some reason watching Masood: aloof from that great gathering of people he stood as though it were no concern of his, despite the fact that the date palms to be harvested were his own. Sometimes his attention would be caught by the sound of a huge clump of dates crashing down from on high. Once he shouted up at the boy perched on the very summit of the date palm who had begun hacking at a clump with his long, sharp sickle: Be careful you don’t cut the heart of the palm. No one paid any attention to what he said and the boy seated at the very summit of the date palm continued, quickly and energetically, to work away at the branch with his sickle till the clump of dates began to drop like something descending from the heavens. I, however, had begun to think about Masood’s phrase, the heart of the palm. I pictured the palm tree as something with feeling, something possessed of a heart that throbbed. I remembered Masood’s remark to me when he had once seen me playing with the branch of a young palm tree: Palm trees, my boy, like humans, experience joy and suffering. And I had felt an inward and unreasoned embarrassment. When I again looked at the expanse of ground stretching before me I saw my young companions swarming like ants around the trunks of the palm trees, gathering up dates and eating most of them. The dates were collected into high mounds. I saw people coming along and weighing them into measuring bins and pouring them into sacks, of which I counted thirty. The crowd of people broke up, except for Hussein the merchant, Mousa the owner of the field next to ours on the east, and two men I’d never seen before. I heard a low whistling sound and saw that my grandfather had fallen asleep. Then I noticed that Masood had not changed his stance, except that he had placed a stalk in his mouth and was munching at it like someone sated with food who doesn’t know what to do with the mouthful he still has. Suddenly my grandfather woke up, jumped to his feet, and walked toward the sacks of dates. He was followed by Hussein the merchant, Mousa the owner of the field next to ours and two strangers. I glanced at Masood and saw that he was making his way toward us with extreme slowness, like a man who wants to retreat but whose feet insist on going forward. They formed a circle around the sacks of dates and began examining them, some taking a date or two to eat. My grandfather gave me a fistful, which I began munching. I saw Masood filling the palms of both hands with dates and bringing them up close to his nose, then returning them. Then I saw them dividing up the sacks between them. Hussein the merchant took ten; each of the strangers took five. Mousa the owner of the field next to ours on the eastern side took five, and my grandfather took five. Understanding nothing, I looked at Masood and saw that his eyes were darting to left and right like two mice that have lost their way home. You’re still fifty pounds in debt to me, said my grandfather to Masood. We’ll talk about it later. Hussein called his assistants and they brought along the donkeys, the two strangers produced camels, and the sacks of dates were loaded onto them. One of the donkeys let out a braying which set the camels frothing at the mouth and complaining noisily. I felt myself drawing close to Masood, felt my hand stretch out toward him as though I wanted to touch the hem of his garment. I heard him make a noise in his throat like the rasping of a sheep being slaughtered. For some unknown reason, I experienced a sharp sensation of pain in my chest. I ran off into the distance. Hearing my grandfather call after me, I hesitated a little, then continued on my way. I felt at that moment that I hated him. Quickening my pace, it was as though I carried within me a secret I wanted to rid myself of. I reached the riverbank near the bend it made behind the wood of acacia trees. Then, without knowing why, I put my finger into my throat and spewed up the dates I’d eaten. Hi please read this story and Answer the questions below It will help me a lot Thanks!
Instructions Read the short story A Handful of Dates by Tayeb Salih and The Pedestrian by Ray Bradbury. Answer the questions below using full sentences, effective spelling and grammar on a separate piece of lined paper. A Handful of Dates by Tayeb Salih Questions 1. What does the narrator’s grandfather explain about the land that he now owns and his plans for the future? What makes the narrator begin to question his grandfather at this time? 2. Explain the importance of the narrator’s actions at the end of the story. Why do you think he threw up the handful of dates? Why is this an important detail in the story? 3. Describe what kind of man Masood is, and why the narrator seems to admire him. Use specific details from the text t support your description. 4. What is the most important part of the story? Why do you think so? 5. Identify at least two literary devices in the story. Write the sentence you find them in and explain why they show th literary device. 6. What is the message of the story? Use specific details from the text to support your opinion.