"The Censors"--MyHRW pages 89-92 Short Story by Luisa Valenzuela

Writing Activity: Letter

Juan’s letter to Mariana is central to this story’s plot. Explore that letter through two brief writing tasks. In both pieces of writing, include evidence from the text and use the conventions of standard English.

In the character of Juan, write the one-page letter you imagine he wrote to Mariana at the beginning of the story. Then identify evidence of anti-government ideas that a censor might find--highlight the anti-government ideas in yellow.
Write a one-page report in the character of Juan as a Censorship Division employee explaining why the letter shows that Juan is a traitor to his country.
Complete BOTH in a single documents--it will be 2 pages in length.

Which line from beethoven's moonlight sonata is not an example of the author's use of descriptive language to achieve this purpose.

Read the selection below and answer the question. an open boat by alfred noyes o, what is that whimpering there in the darkness? 

 'let him lie in my arms. he is breathing, i know.
 look. i'll wrap all my hair round his neck' – the sea's rising,
 the boat must be lightened. he's dead. he must go.' 


 see - quick - by that flash, where the bitter foam tosses, 
 the cloud of white faces, in the black open boat, 
 and the wild pleading woman that clasps her dead lover 
 and wraps her loose hair round his breast and his throat.
 'come, lady, he's dead.' - 'no, i feel his heart beating,
 he's living, i know. but he's numbed with the cold. 
 see, i'm wrapping my hair all around him to warm him.' -
- 'no. we can't keep the dead, dear. come, loosen your hold.

 'come. loosen your fingers.' - 'o god, let me keep him! ' -
 o, hide it, black night! let the winds have their way! 
 and there are no voices or ghosts from that darkness, 
 to fret the bare seas at the breaking of day. the rhyme scheme of "an open boat" is abcb abab abba aabc

Use the drop-down menus to identify each underlined verb form as a participle, gerund, or infinitive. 1.(climbing) a rope is not as difficult as you might think. gerund 2.i plan (to compete) in a chess tournament this weekend. infinitive 3.kali loves the smell of (roasting) garlic. participle