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Select the correct answer. Why does Walt Whitman use the word singing in the title “I Hear America Singing”?
a. to illustrate a misguided and simple interpretation of American society
b. to reflect a hopeful, cohesive view of American society
c. to highlight the importance of labor rights for workers in America
d. to show that having a positive outlook in life is essential to succeed
Select the correct answer. Which of the following is a prominent theme in romanticism?
a. an appreciation for science
b. a respect for civilized society
c. the individual against society
d. the surroundings of an individual
Select the correct answer. What is the author’s tone in this line from William Dean Howells’s “Editha”? Then Editha’s father said in his public-will-now-address-a-few remarks tone, “My name is Balcom, ma’am; Junius Balcom, of Balcom’s Works, New York. . . .”
a. Angry
b. Solemn
c. Sarcastic
d. Moralistic

Select the correct answer from each drop down menu. Based on the context, choose the word that best completes each sentence.
While the majority of the class accepted the answer, the student argued for a different viewpoint.
Orlando cleaned the house, throwing things in closets and under beds just to finish the job faster.
The
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of their new kitchen was bright and cheery to match the look and feel of the rest of the house.
A. Isaiah loved the meal so much that his plate was nearly
when he finished.
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In the poem “A Letter to My Mom That She Will Never Read” by Ocean Vuong. What does the deer and monarch butterflies symbolize?
2nd question: Why do Ocean and his mother dress up to go to the mall. And what does this say about Ocean’s mother’s character?
3rd question: Why does Ocean’s mother ask him if she looks “like a real American?”
4th question: out of the Blue Moon why does Ocean’s mother tell him that she isn’t “a monster” but “a mother”.

Figurative Language
“The Pedestrian” by Ray Bradbury
Directions: complete the chart by filling in all of the empty boxes.
Quote from Text
Figurative Language
Meaning/Significance
To enter out into that silence that was the city at eight o’clock of a misty evening in
November, to put your feet upon that buckling concrete walk, to step over grassy seams and make your way, hands in pockets, through the silences, that was what Mr. Leonard Mead most dearly loved to do.
irony
… he would stride off, sending patterns of frosty air before him like the smoke of a cigar.
It’s so cold outside that he can see his own breath, similar to smoke from a cigar.
And on his way he would see the cottages and homes with their dark windows, and it was not unequal to walking through a graveyard where only the faintest glimmers of firefly light appeared in flickers behind the windows.
metaphor
The neighborhood was like a graveyard with the people “entombed” inside watching their flickering light televisions like zombies.
Sudden gray phantoms seemed to manifest upon inner room walls where a curtain was still undrawn against the night, or there were whisperings and murmurs where a window in a tomblike building was still open.
imagery
There was a good crystal frost in the air; it cut the nose and made the lungs blaze like a Christmas tree inside; you could feel the cold light going on and off, all the branches filled with invisible snow.
He listened to the faint push of his soft shoes through autumn leaves with satisfaction, and whistled a cold quiet whistle between his teeth, occasionally picking up a leaf as he passed, examining its skeletal pattern in the infrequent lamplights as he went on, smelling its rusty smell.
You can hear the sound of Mead’s shoes shuffling through the leaves and the sound of him whistling. He picks up a leaf and smells it. This passage appeals to many senses to show Mead is one with nature and it help readers feel like they are outside on a chilly November night.
The street was silent and long and empty, with only his shadow moving like the shadow of a hawk in mid-country.
He stumbled over a particularly uneven section of sidewalk. The cement was vanishing under flowers and grass.
imagery
During the day it was a thunderous surge of cars, the gas stations open, a great insect rustling and a ceaseless jockeying for position as the scarab beetles.
The cars are scurrying through life like beetles. People are rushing here and there not absorbing the life around them.
He stood entranced, not unlike a night moth, stunned by the illumination, and then drawn toward it.
“Your name?” Said the police car in a metallic whisper.
personification
The light held him fixed like a museum specimen.
He put his hand to the door and peered into the back seat, which was a little cell, a little black jail with bars. It smelled of riveted steel. It smelled of harsh antiseptic; it smelled too clean and hard and metallic. There was nothing soft there.
The car feels sterile and uncomfortable. It is a mini-prison. You can smell steel and antiseptic. The car represents the coldness of humanity and reinforces the the theme of dehumanization in the story.
They passed one house on one street a moment later, one house in an entire city of houses that were dark, but this one particular house had all of its electric lights brightly lit, every window a loud yellow illumination, square and warm in the cool darkness.
symbolism
The car moved down the empty river-bed streets and off away, leaving the empty streets with the empty side-walks, and no sound and no motion all the rest of the chill November night.
repetition

in huckleberry fin by mark twain (chapter 19)
As the chapter opens, How does Twain make a sense of peaceful solitude?
What inferences can you draw about Huck’s motivation to assist the two men (later known as the king and the duke) who are being chased? According to the men, why are they being chased?
Huck and Jim have been extremely vigilant about concealing Jim from other people. What inferences can you draw about why Huck is not concerned about bringing the two men into contact with Jim?
What methods of indirect characterization does Twain initially use to reveal the personalities of the two men?

How does the writer use conflict in the excerpt “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid to develop the central idea of the text?
In writing,  identify the central idea, the conflict, and explain how the writer uses the conflict to develop the central idea. at least three examples of conflict from the text to support your analysis
“Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid
Wash the white clothes on Monday and put them on the stone heap; wash the color clothes on Tuesday and put them on the clothesline to dry; don’t walk bare-head in the hot sun; cook pumpkin fritters in very hot sweet oil; soak your little cloths right after you take them off; when buying cotton to make yourself a nice blouse, be sure that it doesn’t have gum in it, because that way it won’t hold up well after a wash; soak salt fish overnight before you cook it; is it true that you sing benna (calypso/ festive West Indian music) in Sunday school?; always eat your food in such a way that it won’t turn someone else’s stomach; on Sundays try to walk like a lady and not like the slut you are so bent on becoming; don’t sing benna in Sunday school; you mustn’t speak to wharf-rat boys, not even to give directions; don’t eat fruits on the street—flies will follow you; but I don’t sing benna on Sundays at all and never in Sunday school; this is how to sew on a button; this is how to make a buttonhole for the button you have just sewed on; this is how to hem a dress when you see the hem coming down and so to prevent yourself from looking like the slut I know you are so bent on becoming; this is how you iron your father’s khaki shirt so that it doesn’t have a crease; this is how you iron your father’s khaki pants so that they don’t have a crease; this is how you grow okra—far from the house, because okra tree harbors red ants; when you are growing dasheen, make sure it gets plenty of water or else it makes your throat itch when you are eating it; this is how you sweep a corner; this is how you sweep a whole house; this is how you sweep a yard; this is how you smile to someone you don’t like too much; this is how you smile to someone you don’t like at all; this is how you smile to someone you like completely; this is how you set a table for tea; this is how you set a table for dinner; this is how you set a table for dinner with an important guest; this is how you set a table for lunch; this is how you set a table for breakfast; this is how to behave in the presence of men who don’t know you very well, and this way they won’t recognize immediately the slut I have warned you against becoming; be sure to wash every day, even if it is with your own spit; don’t squat down to play marbles—you are not a boy, you know; don’t pick people’s flowers—you might catch something; don’t throw stones at blackbirds, because it might not be a blackbird at all; this is how to make a bread pudding; this is how to make doukona; this is how to make pepper pot; this is how to make a good medicine for a cold; this is how to make a good medicine to throw away a child before it even becomes a child; this is how to catch a fish; this is how to throw back a fish you don’t like, and that way something bad won’t fall on you; this is how to bully a man; this is how a man bullies you; this is how to love a man, and if this doesn’t work there are other ways, and if they don’t work don’t feel too bad about giving up; this is how to spit up in the air if you feel like it, and this is how to move quick so that it doesn’t fall on you; this is how to make ends meet; always squeeze bread to make sure it’s fresh; but what if the baker won’t let me feel the bread?; you mean to say that after all you are really going to be the kind of woman who the baker won’t let near the bread?

TRUE+WAY ASL Workbook Unit 5.6

Part 1. Write the number next to the activity in the order it was signed.
a. grade homework
b. exercise
c. go to work
d. brush teeth
e. chat with mother on videophone
f. check emails
g. read the news online
h. shower
i. get up
j. go to bed

Part 2. Watch and identify the incorrect sign in the statements then write the correct Sign to replace it with. Replace with ASL.

View & Respond to ‘Fitting In’ by Richard Montanez
In this discussion, give your personal reaction to Richard Montanez’s speech ‘Fitting In.’
Give infer and provide a suggested thesis statement for the speech.
Additionally, please indicate whether the speech contains ethos, pathos, and/or logos and any of the fallacies we have learned about. Be specific about why you believe one or more of those strategies were used and what words were stated by Richard Montanez that reflect it. Is the overall argument that is made a sound one?

037: You Were Never Created to Fit In

MODULE 1: PARTS OF SPEECH ADJECTIVES 1g An adjective is a word used to modify a noun or pronoun. To modify means “to describe or to make more definite.” Adjectives modify nouns or pronouns by telling what kind, which one, or how many (how much). What kind? helpful librarian, cool breeze Which one? that star, final exam, next day How many? more work, two steps, less time The most frequently used adjectives are a, an, and the. These words are called articles. A and an are indefinite articles. They refer to any one of a general group. A is used before words beginning with a consonant sound; an is used before words beginning with a vowel sound. An is also used before words beginning with the consonant h when the h is not pronounced. EXAMPLES Pressed between the pages of the book was a single rose petal. We saw an interesting film about African history. Having dinner with the president is an honor. The is the definite article. It refers to a particular person, place, thing, or idea. EXAMPLE The last song of the evening was a slow, sad one. Sometimes nouns are used as adjectives. EXAMPLES What caused the train wreck? [Train, usually a noun, is used as an adjective to modify the noun wreck.] The restaurant manager donates food to a local shelter. [Restaurant, usually a noun, is used as an adjective to modify the noun manager.] NOTE Some pairs or groups of nouns are considered compound nouns. By checking a dictionary, you can avoid confusing a noun that is used as an adjective with a noun that is part of a compound noun. COMPOUND NOUNS space station, soy sauce, goose egg, Mexico City EXERCISE 5 Identifying Adjectives in Sentences Underline the adjectives in each of the sentences below, and double underline the word or words each adjective modifies. Do not include a, an, or the. EX. 1. The Polos set out for China in 1271 A.D. to visit the Mongol emperor, Kublai Khan. 1. Their long journey took them over vast deserts. 2. The Polo brothers, Niccolo and Maffeo, were Venetian merchants, and Marco was Niccolo’s son. 3. The Polos were bringing holy oil from Jerusalem to Kublai Khan. 4. They traveled through the Pamir Mountains, which had higher peaks than any other mountains they crossed. 5. At night, they used the stars to tell them the correct direction to head. 6. That trip brought the Polos to wondrous places. 7. The Polos spent a year in Campichu, a grand city full of golden statues. 8. Marco Polo described the Gobi Desert as having sandy hills and valleys and containing no food at all. 9. In 1275 A.D., the Polos arrived at the Khan’s summer palace in the eastern city of Shangtu. 10. Their historic journey had taken over three years. 11. Kublai Khan employed Marco Polo as a foreign official of the Asian empire. 12. On one trip Marco went to Yunnan province. 13. As a traveling official, Marco was expected to be a keen and truthful observer. 14. Later, he told incredible tales about mysterious China. 15. A curious writer, Rustichello, made Marco’s travels famous in a book, Description of the World. 16. The book was the first record of a European’s impression of Chinese civilization. 17. Some descriptions were of places that Marco only heard about from other people. 18. Marco’s experience inspired European explorers to go to the East. 19. It seems clear that Marco was courageous and resourceful. 20. The Polos returned to Venice twenty-four years after they left it.

1. What is a characteristic of all types of celebratory speeches? A.They are personal. B.They are abstract. C.They are speaker oriented. D.They are unstructured. 2. What are three things a person should do when giving a toast? A. Explain who they are, describe what the honor is, and explain the reason for the speaking occasion. B. Express gratitude for being asked to toast, express how much the event means to them, and recognize others that helped them. C. Keep the speech short, include only two or three main points, and keep the mood cheerful. D. Detail the speaker’s credentials, give a background of their life, and acknowledge the upcoming speaker’s interest in the speech topic. 3. What is a vocation? A. the work a person does for a paycheck B. a sense of duty to a chosen career C. the work a person wants to do, not the work a person has to do D. a job completed over the long term of one’s working career 4. What is the most common type of speaking in the workplace? A. larger presentations B. one-on-one speeches C. formal speeches, company-wide D. speeches before small audiences or in small groups 5. The STAR method helps interviewees respond to what aspects of past behavior during a behavioral interview? A. summary, talent, activity, and response B. situation, task, action, and result C. scenario, time, achievement, and resonance D. synopsis, talk, attitude, and response 6. What is a good way to prepare for a screening interview? A. Research the organization. B. Schedule the interview over lunch at a popular restaurant. C. Prepare a short slide presentation discussing career goals. D. Dress comfortably. 7. A task-oriented person in a small group discussion participates in which way? A. moderates the moods and feelings of other group members B. shapes the flow of the discussion C. minimizes group conflict D. contributes to group goals by taking notes or procuring supplies 8. What are the two common elements that celebratory speeches share? A. to recognize accomplishments and to inspire further achievement B. to bring a community together and to focus on the present C. to praise past actions and to unify constituents D. to celebrate what has been lost and to encourage mourning 9. What two things should a speaker do when giving a speech of introduction? A. Express a cheerful mood and explain fulfillment of speech expectations B. Express gratitude and explain the speaking occasion. C. Explain who they are and acknowledge the upcoming speaker’s interest in the speech topic. D. Explain what the honor is and what the honor means to them personally. 10. What is one of the five functions of a eulogy? A. to make a tribute to the deceased B. to inspire mourners to share stories C. to focus the mourners’ attention on the present D. to help mourners reflect on their mortality