You are odysseus. write a 500-word persuasive letter to zeus asking him for safe passage home. you, odysseus, have had to endure unimaginable crises while attempting to sail home to ithaca. imagine that your last chance to arrive home is to argue your situation and plead with zeus to be merciful and offer his assistance. view the rubric.

Provide one specific change that malala struggled for. think of how malala describes change and what motivated her to struggle for change. write at one complete paragraph with a minimum of 5 sentences.

Read this excerpt from white fang by jack london. the qualities in his kind that in the beginning made it possible for them to come in to the fires of men, were qualities capable of development. they were developing in him, and the camp-life, replete with misery as it was, was secretly endearing itself to him all the time. but white fang was unaware of it. he knew only grief for the loss of kiche, hope for her return, and a hungry yearning for the free life that had been his. which quotation from the paragraph supports the story’s theme of homesickness? “the camp life . . was secretly endearing itself to him all the time.” “but white fang was unaware of it.” “he knew only . . a hungry yearning for the free life that had been his.” “the qualities in his kind . . were qualities capable of development.”

Constructed response paragraph: after reading “the case for short words,” do you think the author makes a convincing case that short words are effective? explain your answer and support it with evidence from the selection.