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Read the following passage from Muir's "Calypso Borealis" and respond to the prompt
[2] The rarest and most beautiful of the flowering plants I discovered on this first grand excursion was Calypso borealis (the Hider of the North). I had been fording
streams more and more difficult to cross and wading bogs and swamps that seemed more and more extensive and more difficult to force one's way through
Entering one of these great tamarac and arbor-vitae swamps one morning, holding a general though very crooked course by compass, struggling through tangled
drooping branches and over and under broad heaps of fallen trees, I began to fear that I would not be able to reach dry ground before dark, and therefore would
have to pass the night in the swamp and began, faint and hungry, to plan a nest of branches on one of the largest trees or windfalls like a monkey's nest, or eagle's
or Indian's in the flooded forests of the Orinoco described by Humboldt,
[3] But when the sun was getting low and everything seemed most bewildering and discouraging. I found beautiful Calypso on the mossy bank of a stream, growing
not in the ground but on a bed of yellow mosses in which its small white bulb had found a soft nest and from which its one leal and one flower sprung. The flower
was white and made the impression of the utmost simple purity like a snowblower. No other bloom was near it, for the bog a short distance below the surface was
still frozen, and the water was ice cold. It seemed the most spiritual of all the flower people I had ever met. I sat down beside it and fairly cried for joy
How do authors communicate their tone in a piece of writing? Identify the tone (or tones) of this passage. Explain how the tone(s) is created, providing at least two
examples from the passage and explaining how each contributes specifically to the tone(s) you identified Your response should be a paragraph of 5-7 sentences.

The gist of chapter 6& 7 of to kill a mockingbird

2. read the excerpt from martin luther king, jr.'s nobel peace prize acceptance speech: i accept this award today with an abiding faith in america and an audacious faith in the future of mankind. i refuse to accept despair as the final response to the ambiguities of history. i refuse to accept the idea that the "isness" of man's present nature makes him morally incapable of reaching up for the eternal "oughtness" that forever confronts him. i refuse to accept the idea that man is mere flotsam and jetsam in the river of life, unable to influence the unfolding events which surround him. i refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality. i refuse to accept the cynical notion that nation after nation must spiral down a militaristic stairway into the hell of thermonuclear destruction. i believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. this is why right temporarily defeated is stronger than evil triumphant. i believe that even amid today's mortar bursts and whining bullets, there is still hope for a brighter tomorrow. i believe that wounded justice, lying prostrate on the blood-flowing streets of our nations, can be lifted from this dust of shame to reign supreme among the children of men. i have the audacity to believe that peoples everywhere can have three meals a day for their bodies, education and culture for their minds, and dignity, equality and freedom for their spirits. i believe that what self-centered men have torn down other-centered men can build up. i still believe that one day mankind will bow before the altars of god and be crowned triumphant over war and bloodshed, and nonviolent redemptive good will proclaim the rule of the land. "and the lion and the lamb shall lie down together and every man shall sit under his own vine and fig tree and none shall be afraid." i still believe that we shall overcome! instructions: create an outline for a speech that connects a theme from this excerpt to your own life. in the first part of the outline, organize an explanation of what king's theme means. in the second part of the outline, organize your explanation of how this theme connects to at least one event from your life. the first and second parts of your outline do not need to be of equal length. throughout the outline, be sure to cite or describe specific evidence from the text or from your personal experiences. also, organize ideas appropriately, develop your argument with relevant information, and provide a concluding section. (15 points)

Read the sentence from alexander’s paper. when asked if she was loyal enough to become a secret agent, keysha answered in the affirmative. in which revised sentence did alexander change the underlined word to use it as an noun? since she was affirmably loyal, keysha was able to become a secret agent. before becoming a secret agent, keysha needed to affirm her loyalty. as an affirmation of her loyalty, keysha agreed to become a secret agent. once she finally affirmed her loyalty, keysha became a secret agent.