Why do the boys in the poem play basketball? How does basketball make them feel larger than life? Write and explain to what extent basketball has helped the boys, and whether physical power can also empower someone to confront the challenges of their lives off the court.

Cite at least three different examples from the poem that show why basketball may or may not have had this effect.

Which revision fixes the mistake in parallel structure in this sentence? ellie always enjoys performing in plays more than to go to the movies. a. ellie always enjoys to perform in plays more than going to the movies. b. ellie always enjoys to perform more in plays than going to the movies. c. ellie always enjoys to perform in plays more than the movies. d. ellie always enjoys performing in plays more than going to the movies.

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

When gatsby was in europe after world war i and circumstances forced daisy and him to face unpleasant realities about their relationship,