1. (a) In "Avarice," the speaker notes four different items "she" keeps.
What is similar and different about those items? (b) What does the poem
suggest about greed—is it useless, selfish, etc.? Explain.

2. In “The Good Life," which life does the speaker seem to feel is "good" —
the one in which money is more available, or the one spent living on
"coffee and bread"? Explain.

3. (a) In "Money," which details suggest the nature of the children's lives?
(b) How do these details contrast with those that describe the people at
the door? (c) Is the speaker simply describing a situation or is the speaker
criticizing something? Explain.

The rich natural resources made the sacramento valley a "garden of eden." permanent villages were established about 8,000 years ago. which choice combines these two sentences from paragraph two to achieve a coherent flow of ideas? a) the rich natural resources made the sacramento valley a "garden of eden" and permanent villages were established about 8,000 years ago. b) permanent villages were established about 8,000 years ago and the rich natural resources made the sacramento valley a "garden of eden." c) the rich natural resources made the sacramento valley a "garden of eden; " and so the permanent villages were established about 8,000 years ago. d) because of the rich natural resources which made the sacramento valley a ‘garden of eden,’ native americans established permanent villages there 8,000 years ago.

In the sentence from barbara kingsolver’s “life without go go boots”, “writers are supposed to be eccentric,” the word eccentric is a euphemism for

Which elements does strong narrative writing always contain? check all that apply a connection to an outline a series of steps a clear point of view a set of directions a description of events