In his sophomore year of high school, michael jordan tried out for the varsity basketball team at laney high school in wilmington, north carolina. but at five feet and eleven inches tall, the coach believed that jordan was too short to play at that level, so jordan was cut from the team. jordan didn’t let this obstacle defeat him. in fact, it pushed him to work even harder. he trained vigorously and grew another four inches the following summer. when he finally made the varsity squad, jordan averaged 25 points a game and went on to become one of the greatest basketball players in history.
a. don't give up. keep trying. d. if you don't make the team try a different sport. c. work hard to get stronger. d. use the summer to practice.

You are to write a five paragraph literary essay based on one of the 4 prompts and what you have read and learned in this module. these are your options: 1. how do the events of "the white umbrella" teach the narrator a lesson about shame and acceptance? 2. what role does creativity play in "the bat-poet"? 3. how does the character of squeaky change over the course of "raymond's run"? 4. discuss the influences of older family members on the protagonists and speakers in the stories and poems of this unit. you are to write a five paragraph literary essay based on what you have read and learned in this module. your final submission should meet the following requirements. • submit completed pre-writing and outline documents. • write an essay that contains an introduction with hook and thesis statement, supporting paragraphs with evidence and at least one quotation, and a conclusion that restates the thesis and reviews main points. • use transitions appropriate to the pattern of organization. • use vocabulary to create tone and voice. • cite primary source (quotation). • submit completed revision checklist. • vary sentence structure. • create sentences with parallel structures. • use technology in the writing process.

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5read the following sentence from kennedy's inaugural speech. and so, my fellow americans, ask not what your countfor you; ask what you can do for your country. ot what your country can dothis sentence is an example of an antimetabole, a rhetorical device in whichthe speaker reverses the order of repeated words. antimetabole is used toplace added emphasis on the final part of the statement. which of thefollowing is also an example of antimetabole? a"this nation, for all its hopes and boasts, will not be fully free until itscitizens are free." – john f. kennedy, 1963"forgive your enemies, but never forget their names."- john f. kennedy, quoted in 1984 by ed kochc"mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind."- john f. kennedy, 1961d"a man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on."- john f. kennedy, 1962