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Read “Cathedral” (682-692 Norton Introduction to Literature, 14th edition). Write down a quotation from the story that stood out. Then describe why this particular line caught the attention. The response to the quotation should be a short paragraph. Below is an example. Quote: “My eyes were still closed. I was in my house. I knew that. But I didn’t feel like I was inside anything.” Response: This quotation speaks to an internal shift within the narrator. At this point in the story, the narrator has let go of his hang ups and resentments. He can “see” beyond himself for the first time. Only by closing his eyes, does the narrator gain access to a richer view of humanity. He discovers, in this moment, that he is not trapped, and seems to have awaken to a new reality.
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120 125 130 135 “Dongfnmfthebhndnmnsmd. I took up the pen again, and he found my hand. I kept at it. I’m no artist. But I kept drawing just the same. My wife opened up her eyes and gazed at us. She sat up on the sofa, her robe hanging open. She said, “What are you doing? Tell me, I want to know.” I didn’t answer her. The blind man said, “We’re drawing a cathedral. Me and him are working on it. Press hard,” he said to me. “That’s right. That’s good,” he said. “Sure. You got it, bub. I can tell. You didn’t think you could. But you can, can’t you? You’re cooking with gas now. You know what I’m saying? We’re going to really have us something here in a minute. How’s the old arm?” he said. “Put some people in there now. What’s a cathedral without people?” My wife said, “What’s going on? Robert, what are you doing? What’s going on?” “It’s all right,” he said to her. “Close your eyes now,” the blind man said to me. I did it. I closed them just like he said. “Are they closed?” he said. “Don’t fudge.” “TheyTeckmedesakL “Keep them that way,” he said. He said, “Don’t stop now. Draw.” 80 we kept on with it. His fingers rode my fingers as my hand went over the paper. It was like nothing else in my life up tonow. Then he said, “I think that’s it. I think you got it,” he said. “Take a look. What do you think?” But I had my eyes closed. I thought I’d keep them that way for a little longer. I thought it was something I ought to do. “Well?” he said. “Are you looking?” My eyes were still closed. I was in my house. I knew that. But I didn’t feel like I was inside anything. ‘TanmHysonw??ng”Ismd. 1981,1983
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Underline each of the seven implied metaphors in Robert Frost’s “The Silken Tent.” The first one is done for
you. Note that the explicit metaphor is the comparison of the woman to the tent. The other
comparisons are extensions of that metaphor and are implied rather than explicitly stated.
“The Silken Tent” by Robert Frost
She is as in a field a silken tent
At midday when the sunny summer breeze
Has dried the dew and all its ropes relent,
So that in guys it gently sways at ease,
And its supporting central cedar pole,
That is its pinnacle to heavenward
And signifies the sureness of the soul,
Seems to owe naught to any single cord,
But strictly held by none, is loosely bound
By countless silken ties of love and thought
To every thing on earth the compass round,
And only by one’s going slightly taut
In the capriciousness of summer air
Is of the slightest bondage made aware

The text is “Autobiography of Mother Jones” by Mary Harris Jones (excerpt)
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5 Select the correct answer. Which excerpt from the passage best shapes the author’s perspective on the misfortunes of the working class?
A. “Boys,” I said, “go back on your engine. Some day it will be all right” (paragraph 10)
B. “If I were out of this dungeon,” thought I, “I would be fighting the human sewer rats anyway!” (paragraph 12)
C. “He was a man with a heart, who perhaps imagined his own mother imprisoned in a cellar with the sewer rats’ union.” (paragraph 17)
D. “I watched people’s feet from my cellar window, miners feet in old shoes; soldiers’ feet, well shod in government leather, the shoes of women with the heels run down; the dilapidated shoes of children: barefooted boys.” (paragraph 16)
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Identify the dependent clause in the following sentence: If you want, we can go to the soccer game. O If you want O you want O
we can go O we can go to the soccer game O to the soccer game

Explain the meaning of the poem Paperweight by Gjertrud Schnackenberg
The Paperweight
The scene within the paperweight is calm,
A small white house, a laughing man and wife,
Deep snow. I turn it over in my palm
And watch it snowing in another life,
Another world, and from this scene learn what
It is to stand apart: she serves him tea
Once and forever, dressed from head to foot
As she is always dressed. In this toy, history
Sifts down through the glass like snow, and we
Wonder if her single deed tells much
Or little of the way she loves, and whether he
Sees shadows in the sky. Beyond our touch,
Beyond our lives, they laugh, and drink their tea.
We look at them just as the winter night
With its vast empty spaces bends to see
Our isolated little world of light,
Covered with snow, and snow in clouds above it,
And drifts and swirls too deep to understand.
Still, I must try to think a little of it,
With so much winter in my head and hand.

9. What is the core theme of Ray Bradbury’s Something Wicked This Way Comes? Is it age? Temptation? Good versus
evil? Happiness and laughter in life always triumphs over sadness and adversity? Explain what you feel to be is the ultimate
message of the book and if you agree with it.

when the gourd was dropped and broke open it created a great flood. why might a flood be used to represent the beginning of the modern world?
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DO NOT WRITE ON THIS HANDOUT. THIS IS A CLASS SET. The Taino Myth of the Cursed Creator Before the world of humans began, there was the world of the gods, made of fields, plains and gardens. Four brothers wandered this celestial realm. They had no family other than each other. They didn’t even know who their parents were. One of the brothers, Deminan, looked different from the others. His skin was covered in painful scabs, and he wondered why he alone had been marked with this affliction. One day, while the supreme spirit Yaya was out in his gardens, Deminan and his brothers snuck into Yaya’s house. After feasting and exploring, they spotted a giant gourd hanging in the corner. But as they tried to look inside the gourd, they dropped it. The gourd broke apart, releasing a deluge that swept the brothers away separating them from the celestial lands forever. The waters from the gourd formed a new world. This realm was covered in seas, which didn’t exist in the gods’ world. The waters were full of fish and other creatures, and dotted with islands and caves. This world of seas was also cut off completely from the celestial realm, and the brothers wandered aimlessly, even more lost than they had been before. One day, three of the brothers stumbled upon a house. In the house lived an elder named Bayamanacao, and he invited them in. When Deminan caught up slightly later, he followed them into the house. Bayamanacao told the brothers he was their grandfather and gave them a gift of special cassava bread He revealed their family lineage to them. Their mother had been the Earth Mother Goddess Itibi Cahubaba and had died when they were born. The brothers were grateful for his hospitality and insight into their past. But then Bayamanacao turned on Deminan, blowing tobacco spittle from his nose onto Deminan’s back. The spot where the spittle landed immediately began to swell and sting. Soon Deminan was delirious and his back was so swollen his brothers feared he would die. Not knowing what else to do, they cut open the welt. A turtle emerged from the wound and swam away, alternating easily between sea and land as she went. When Deminan recovered from his delirium,he finally understood what the curse of his disease meant: He was a caracaracol, able to communicate with the gods. He was the link between the celestial realm and the earthly realm. Deminan was the first in a long lineage of caracaracols. The world of seas he and his brothers had created when they
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dropped the gourd became the world of humans, where the caracaracols who followed Deminan maintained the delicate balance between people and gods. But their unique power came at a price. Deminan and all the caracaracols who followed him continued to suffer from the illness that had first marked Deminan as special. Represented in Taino carvings and figurines with a swollen back and emaciated arms, the caracaracol is both cursed and blessed to be a conduit between worlds. Inova thbib vent Complete the reading check questions #1-5. Then with a partner, discuss questions (# 6-10). Then write a unified response to each question on notebook paper. Be prepared to discuss your responses. 1. Deminan had how many brothers? orb vent thuon set shient look of bent ved! A) One blow went s bermol mydog and mont evefew ent B) Two C) Three D) Four 2. When the welt on Deminan’s back was cut open, what came out? joind need bedive A) A Frog B) A Snake is bovil saved antill esuod’s nogu boldmute exertion erdt to sort veband C) A Bird (D) A Turtle beold suseeso Ispage 3. When the gourd was broken, what was released? A) A strong wind. B) The sea C) Cassava seeds D) An evil monster 4. Deminan was different from his brothers because he had A) Scabby skin
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In C.S. Lewis’s
Prince Caspian
(from the Chronicles of Narnia), Aslan says to the humans, “You come of the Lord Adam and the Lady Eve. And that is both honour enough to erect the head of the poorest beggar, and shame enough to bow the shoulders of the greatest emperor on earth.” In view of Ryken’s thoughts (Ryken chapter 4), in about two paragraphs answer the following two questions.
Judging by the quote alone, what do you think Lewis intended to convey? Please, explain what you think the quote means.
Do you think the quote is true? Does it reflect what is true about humanity? Why or why not?

Original Source Material Student Version There is a desperate need Reigeluth ( 1999 ) maintains for theorists and researchers to generate and refine a new breed of learning – focused instructional design theories. Such theories will help educators and trainers to meet those needs ( i.e. that focus on learning and foster development of initiative, teamwork, thinking skills, and diversity) ( p. 27 ). The health of instructional – design theory also depends on its ability to involve stakeholders in the design process.
References
Reigeluth, C. M. ( 1999 ). What is instructional design theory and how is it changing? In C. M. Reigeluth ( Ed. ) , instructional – design theories and models volume 1: A new paradigm of instructional theory. Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Which of the following is true for the Student Version above Word- for – Word plagiarism
Is it word for word plagiarism, paraphrasing plagiarism or not plagiarism?

Which of the following sentences uses the present continuous tense in the passive voice?
a. My car was repaired.
b. My dad is repairing my car.
c.My car is being repaired.
d. My car should have been repaired by now.