CommonLit - The Open Boat 1. How is the first paragraph of the story important to the passage
as a whole?
O A It focuses on the danger of the ocean as insurmountable.
OB It focuses on the ocean's importance over the sky and land,
setting the sea as the primary setting.
O C It establishes the ocean as the primary focus and antagonist of
the survivors.
OD It establishes the ocean as ugly and gray, as opposed to
beautiful and blue.

Questing means to envision other possible outcomes to a problem true or false

“dylan was a revolutionary,” bruce springsteen said in his 1988 speech inducting dylan into the rock and roll hall of fame. “the way that elvis freed your body, bob freed your mind.” early masterpieces such as “a hard rain’s a-gonna fall” and “visions of johanna” and “like a rolling stone” fueled a debate: are rock lyrics poetry? the answer must be yes, because on thursday, dylan was awarded the highest honor for a writer: the nobel prize in literature. the swedish academy, in making him the first american winner since novelist toni morrison in 1993, cited him for “having created new poetic expressions within the great american song tradition.” –“dylan's nobel prize settles debate: rock lyrics are poetry,” dan deluca what is the best summary of the author’s claim? rock lyrics can be like poetry. bob dylan was a revolutionary. musicians deserve nobel prizes. more americans deserve nobel prizes.

In 3-5 complete sentences, throughly explain how the protagonists cultural background affects his or her actions and choices in your module one story? provide at least two specific details from the text to show how the protagonists cultural background affects his or hers actions and choices.