Category: Writing

1. In what ways is “The Black Ball” a Modernist story? Give examples from the story to support your answer.
https://libcom.org/library/black-ball-ralph-ellison here is where you can find the short story

The speaker in this poem is a tourist visiting the Italian city of Palermo.
Palermo
1  It was foolish of us to leave our room.
The empty plaza was shimmering.
The clock looked ready to melt.
The heat was a mallet striking a ball
5  and sending it bouncing into the nettles1 of summer.
Even the bees had knocked off for the day.
The only thing moving besides us
(and we had since stopped under an awning)
was a squirrel who was darting this way and that
10  as if he were having second thoughts
about crossing the street,
his head and tail twitching with indecision.
You were looking in a shop window
but I was watching the squirrel
15  who now rose up on his hind legs,
and after pausing to look in all directions,
began to sing in a beautiful voice
a melancholy aria2 about life and death,
his forepaws clutched against his chest,
20  his face full of longing and hope,
as the sun beat down
on the roofs and awnings of the city,
and the earth continued to turn
and hold in position the moon
25  which would appear later that night
as we sat in a café
and I stood up on the table
with the encouragement of the owner
and sang for you and the others
30  the song the squirrel had taught me how to sing.
In the poem as a whole, the heat symbolically represents
?      A
?      the relentless natural forces demolishing the city
?      B
?      the speaker’s disappointment with the dullness of the city
?      C
?      the intensity of the tourists’ desire to experience the city
?      D
?      an enduring threat to the peace of mind of the squirrel
?      E
?      an environment of hardship surrounding the squirrel’s song

The speaker in this poem is a tourist visiting the Italian city of Palermo.
Palermo
1  It was foolish of us to leave our room.
The empty plaza was shimmering.
The clock looked ready to melt.
The heat was a mallet striking a ball
5  and sending it bouncing into the nettles1 of summer.
Even the bees had knocked off for the day.
The only thing moving besides us
(and we had since stopped under an awning)
was a squirrel who was darting this way and that
10  as if he were having second thoughts
about crossing the street,
his head and tail twitching with indecision.
You were looking in a shop window
but I was watching the squirrel
15  who now rose up on his hind legs,
and after pausing to look in all directions,
began to sing in a beautiful voice
a melancholy aria2 about life and death,
his forepaws clutched against his chest,
20  his face full of longing and hope,
as the sun beat down
on the roofs and awnings of the city,
and the earth continued to turn
and hold in position the moon
25  which would appear later that night
as we sat in a café
and I stood up on the table
with the encouragement of the owner
and sang for you and the others
30  the song the squirrel had taught me how to sing.
The recurring image of a song unifies the poem primarily by connecting
?      A
?      artistic excellence with moral integrity
?      B
?      contrasting aspects of day and night in the city
?      C
?      two incidents during the speaker’s visit to the city
?      D
?      two analytical conclusions presented by the speaker
?      E
?      two perspectives on the importance of the squirrel

Encircle the letters of the correct answers. 1. A picture or chart meant to add meaning to the text? * 1 point a. pull quote b. graphic c. infomercial d. annotation 2. What is the purpose of a thesis statement? * 1 point a. To entertain the audience b. To create a sentence with details c. To provide text evidence d. It states the main idea and tells what the text is all about. 3. When the author wanted his readers to understand a point, it is called_________ * 1 point a. attitude b. irony c. tone d. author’s purpose 4. What is the purpose of an informative essay? * 1 point a. To provide information or explain steps in process b. To entertain the readers c. To tell a story d. To persuade the reader 5. Which of the following is another name for a “sequence” text structure? * 1 point a. step-by-step b. chronological c. problem and solution d. description 6. What are the three main parts of an essay? * 1 point a. hook, topic sentence, conclusion b. introduction, body, conclusion c. claim, counter claim, rebuttal d. introduction, hook, body 7. The following are items that help you learn better from an informative text, except * 1 point a. graphics b. keyboard c. written cues d. illustrations 8. Which of the following items might contain an informative text? * 1 point a. textbook b. an autobiography c. directions on the package of a toy d. all of the given choices 9. What are signal words? * 1 point a. They tell you what direction to go. b. They tell the reader what page to look for information. c. They tell the reader where you got your information. d. They show how events and ideas connect to each other. 10. Which of the following is a characteristics of informative writing. * 1 point a. increase knowledge b. explain a concept in-depth c. explain a procedure d. all of the given choices 11. An informative text educates the reader about a specific topic. It is a common type of writing. * 1 point a. True b. False c. Maybe d. NoT clear 12. Why do we need evidence in informational writing? * 1 point a. To prove people wrong b. To provide a conclusion c. To explain what I want readers to understand d. To create unity in the text 13. This is a text structure where similarities and differences of two things are explored. * 1 point a. description b. sequence c. compares and contrast d. chronological 14. When the author wanted his reader to understand a point, it is called ________________ * 1 point a. attitude b. irony c. tone d. author’s purpose 15. To determine the cause, ask yourself___________ something happened. * 1 point a. when b. where c. why d. How

1)  Which word best describes the narrator’s tone toward Dr heidedggers visitors in the 1st paragraph?
2)  Part “A” as it is used in paragraph 9 the word “peevish” most nearly means?
3) Part B which word provides the best clue to the answer to part A?
4) Part A re read paragraph 41 What does it suggest about the water of youth?
5) Part B which quote best supports your answer to the previous question?
Link to CommonLit text
https://www.commonlit.org/texts/dr-heidegger-s-experiment

Use context clues to determine the meaning of the word condition as it is used in “The Yellow Wallpaper.” Write the definition of condition here and explain how you figured it out. Then look up the word in a dictionary and check your definition.

Help with 4 assessment questions
Article and questions in link
In the activities tab
https://www.commonlit.org/en/texts/animal-emotions-stare-us-in-the-face-are-our-pets-happy

ILLIAD BOOK 18 QUESTIONS
1. Why does Achilles need new armor? Who makes it?
2. What becomes of Patroclus’ body? How are the Greeks able to get it back?
3. Using the explanation found in the introduction to your Iliad that we discussed in class, describe briefly the scenes portrayed from the two cities shown on Achilles’ shield. Quote one representative line that describes each city. What is Homer trying to tell us in this way?
PLEASE ANSWER QUESTIONS ACCORDING TO LINE NUMBERS

“How I Didn’t Get Myself to a Nunnery” – Suzanne Lummis
What is the theme? What evidence to prove it?
“How I Didn’t Get Myself to a Nunnery” poem link:
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/11/03/didnt-get-nunnery

Text dependent analysis question: How are the details about Cassius’ swim with Caesar in lines 97-138 important to how the development of the theme ( people will often manipulate others to further their own desires ) in the scene? Use evidence from the passage to support your response