Which statement about the author’s purpose is true? Similar to theme and motif, there is only one accurate interpretation of an author’s purpose. Like other reader interpretations, it must be supported with evidence from the text. If the author never states a purpose, there is none. Most texts have no fewer than three purposes, all of which the reader must find.

Which of these excerpts is most clearly an example of narrative poetry? a. “in xanadu did kubla khan/a stately pleasure dome decree…” b. “and all that’s best of dark and bright/meet in her aspect and her eyes…” c. “who can contemplate fame through clouds unfold/the star which rises…” d. “one shade the more, one ray the less/had half impaired the nameless grace…”

What else do you think experts can learn from studying the language of written work? what do you think is the value of studying the language of william shakespeare whose writing is over hundreds of years old?

In romeo and juliet who are romeos parents