Identifying Personification
How does the author personify the rabbit, bear, and lion
in this passage? Choose the two best answers.
The bear and the rabbit climbed up and up the cliff
where he Lion had his lair. They found him. Kept their
distance. He watchin them and they watchin him.
Everybody actin cordial.
"Hear tell you are scarin everybody, all the little animals,
with your roarin all the time," Bruh Rabbit said.
"I roars when I pleases," he Lion said.
"Well, might could you leave off the noise first thing in
the mornin, so the little animals can get what they want
to eat and drink?" asked Bruh Bear.
-"He Lion, Bruch Bear, and Bruh Rabbit,"
Virginia Hamilton
by having characters speak
by having characters climb a cliff
by having the lion roar
by having the characters act cordially
by having the characters eat and drink

Which trait is common to the narrators in these excerpts? a the narrators were born in poverty the narrators were separated from their birth parents c. the narrators grew up to be criminals d the narrators worked hard in lide to improva their ocial status the narrators blamed themselves for their mistortunps

Name two events that gatsby tells nick about that nick finds suspect . what proof does gatsby offer ?

“tell me o swan, your ancient tale” by kabir “the swan” by rilke “spanish dancer” by rilke “your laughter” by pablo neruda “birthplace” by shaffarzadeh “it’s this way” by nazim hikmet “counting small-boned bodies” by robert bly choose two poems that you would like to write about. analyze each poem. study the perspective, or point of view, of the speaker in each of the two poems that you select for this assignment. consider these questions: who is the speaker in each of these poems? what is the speaker’s tone? is there a conflict? is there a message? what does each of the poems have in common? what is different about each of the poems? which literary devices are used in the poems? are these literary devices found in both of the poems? what does the speaker hope to achieve in each of the poems? how are these achievements/goals been met? directions: using the two poems of your choosing, write a clear, concise, two hundred and fifty word essay that compares and contrasts the two poems. make sure you include at least two of the following to support your thesis: tone, point of view, literary devices, and meter.