High school english 4
[honors seg 1, 01 mc]

"oh, east is east, and west is west, and never the twain shall meet,

till earth and sky stand presently at god's great judgment seat;

but there is neither east nor west, border, nor breed, nor birth,

when two strong men stand face to face, though they come from the ends of the earth! "

in this excerpt from rudyard kipling’s “the ballad of east and west” the poet uses several poetic devices. in 3-5 sentences, identify and describe one poetic device from the text, and explain how the poet uses the device to support his view of the british empire. include evidence from the poem to support your answer.

Which best identifies the figurative language used in this passage? cannon to right of them, cannon to left of them, cannon in front of them volley’d and thunder’d; storm’d at with shot and shell, boldly they rode and well, into the jaws of death, into the mouth of hell rode the six hundred.

Read the excerpts from “take the tortillas out of your poetry” and “speaking arabic.” my friend had concluded that if he took his language and culture out of his poetry, he stood a better chance of receiving a fellowship. he took out his native language, the poetic patois of our reality, the rich mixture of spanish, english, pachuco and street talk which we know so well. in other words, he took the tortillas out of his poetry, which is to say he took the soul out of his poetry. at a neighborhood fair in texas, somewhere between the german oom-pah sausage stand and the mexican gorditas booth, i overheard a young man say to his friend, “i wish i had a heritage. sometimes i feel—so lonely for one.” and the tall american trees were dangling their thick branches right down over his head. which best states how the structures of both excerpts support ideas about cultural diversity? each incorporates non-english words. each incorporates academic words. each incorporates offensive words. each incorporates nonsense words.

Hamlet asked the players to perform a certain play and to insert into it some lines that he will write