It ill becomes us to cast about for someone to blame, to flee unpleasant realities, or to hide the clear facts in a cloud of finger-pointing-we must take responsibility. MAKE THAT INTO A CONVERSATIONAL STYLE

Match each excerpt to the correct stanza structure. it was many and many a year ago, in a kingdom by the sea, that a maiden there lived whom you may know by the name of annabel lee; and this maiden she lived with no other thought than to love and be loved by me. (from "annabel lee" by edgar allan poe) o thou, new-year, delaying long, delayest the sorrow in my blood, that longs to burst a frozen bud and flood a fresher throat with song. (from "in memoriam" by alfred lord tennyson) nature’s first green is gold, her hardest hue to hold. her early leaf’s a flower but only so an hour. then leaf subsides to leaf. so eden sank to grief,; so dawn goes down to day. nothing gold can stay. (from "nothing gold can stay" by robert frost) at sestos hero dwelt; hero the fair, whom young apollo courted for her hair, and offered as a dower his burning throne, where she should sit for men to gaze upon. the outside of her garments were of lawn, the lining purple silk, with gilt stars drawn; (from "hero and leander" by christopher marlowe) quatrain couplet octave sestet

If ms. walton can enroll at least twenty students, she plans to offer an olympic fencing elective class. she needs to share information about the course with students and parents. which is ms. walton least likely to use in a one-sided, one-page information flyer about the course? a) a short bulleted list of the goals of the fencing course b) a colorful pie chart of fencing results in the last five olympics c) a brief description of fencing next to a small image of two people fencing d) text features such as varied font styles, sizes, and colors to highlight planned class activities

How does richard lovelace depict war in this excerpt from “to lucasta, going to the wars”?