Read the excerpt from a letter What is the author's purpose?

Parkour, also known as free running, is becoming a
popular sport. The object of parkour is to navigate
obstacles using fluid, efficient movement. Athletes run
through urban areas using gymnastic-type leaps and
jumps to move over and around walls, ledges, and
other barricades. The sport's name originates from
parcours du combattant, an obstacle course used to
train soldiers in the French army.
O to entertain the reader with an interesting story
O to provide examples of parkour movements
O to educate the reader about a popular sport
O to persuade readers that parkour is dangerous

In at least 150 words, identify and describe the setting, and the way the author uses imagery to describe it for part 1 of nectar in a sieve.

How does shakespeare transform the myth of phoebus and daphne to dramatize this theme?

Read the excerpts from "the royal house of thebes" and "the story of a warrior queen." "we are women," she told her sister. "we must obey. we have no strength to defy the state." "choose your own part," antigone said. "i go to bury the brother i love." "you are not strong enough," ismene cried. "why, then when my strength fails," antigone answered, "i will give up." she left her sister; ismene dared not follow her. —"the royal house of thebes" again and again the romans were defeated, till it almost seemed as if the britons really would succeed in driving them out of the country. boadicea herself led the soldiers, encouraging them with her brave words. "it is better to die with honor than to live in slavery," she said. "i am a woman, but i would rather die than yield. will you follow me, men? " and of course the men followed her gladly. —"the story of a warrior queen" how are the archetypes presented in these two passages different? the first passage shows antigone as a warrior, and the second passage shows boadicea as a tragic heroine. the first passage shows antigone as a tragic heroine, and the second passage shows boadicea as a sage. the first passage shows antigone as a rebel, and the second passage shows boadicea as a warrior. the first passage shows antigone as a villain, and the second passage shows boadicea as a sage.