Think of a dream deferred---one that you haven’t yet reached. It can be something important to you or others. It can also be something a bit more light-hearted. First, come up with a topic. Then make a list of nouns, verbs, and adjectives you might use in your poem. Finally, come up with at least one simile, metaphor, or analogy you might use in your poem. This is pre-writing, next we will take these notes and write your own poem! 10 points Topic: Nouns:

Verbs:

Adjectives:

Simile/Metaphor/Analogy:

Once you have finished revising your peer’s essay, continue to demonstrate your understanding of grammar and punctuation by writing an essay containing all of the grammatical concepts outlined above. your essay should be short, just 250 words, and it can be written on any subject. it should contain an example of parallel structure, an example of every type of phrase and clause outlined in this lesson, an example of two independent clauses connected by a semicolon, and an example of a colon. if you are struggling to come up with an idea for an essay, consider writing it about the themes present in one of the texts you have read already.

Which statement best explains how the setting affects the meaning of the story? a. the water and wave motif conveys the queasy feeling the narrator has when walking alone at night. b. the firefly light conveys a feeling of nostalgia for long summer evenings spent with family. c. the phrase whispering and murmurs" suggests that the main character has fits of madness. d. the comparison of the street to a graveyard suggests that something is terribly wrong with society.

Ineed simplifying this thesis and making it easier to understand for the reader (more concise) "no matter how religious one may be, one’s faith tends to change under unexpected and challenging circumstances."