Study the italicized words in each of the following passages, and decide what each word’s connotations contribute to your understanding of the passage. think of a synonym for each word, and write it in the text box below along with your explanation of what difference the new word would make on the effect of the passage.

if boxing is a sport, it is the most tragic of all sports because, more than any human activity, it consumes the very excellence it displays: its very drama is this consumption.
—joyce carol oates, “on boxing”

the words "tragic" and "drama" are italicized.

In this excerpt from "quality" by john galsworthy, which two parts clearly indicate the literary point of view of the essay? that tenement had a certain quiet distinction; there was no sign upon its face that he made for any of the royal family—merely his own german name of gessler brothers; and in the window a few pairs of boots. i remember that it always troubled me to account for those unvarying boots in the window, for he made only what was ordered, reaching nothing down, and it seemed so inconceivable that what he made could ever have failed to fit. had he bought them to put there? that, too, seemed inconceivable. he would never have tolerated in his house leather on which he had not worked himself. besides, they were too beautiful—the pair of pumps, so inexpressibly slim, the patent leathers with cloth tops, making water come into one's mouth, the tall brown riding boots with marvellous sooty glow, as if, though new, they had been worn a hundred years. those pairs could only have been made by one who saw before him the soul of boot—so truly were they prototypes incarnating the very spirit of all foot-gear. these thoughts, of course, came to me later, though even when i was promoted to him, at the age of perhaps fourteen, some inkling haunted me of the dignity of himself and brother. for to make boots—such boots as he made—seemed to me then, and still seems to me, mysterious and wonderful.

What color was the bird which was in the bleeding tree?

Which lines are written in iambic pentameter? check all that apply. the smoke of my own breath and what i assume you shall assume i never saw a moor yet certain am i of the spot and summer's lease hath all too short a date nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st