Gilgamesh stopped. he was trembling. tears
flowed down his cheeks. "o shamash,” he cried,
"protect me on this dangerous journey.
remember me, me, hear my prayer.”

which statement best paraphrases these sentences from the text?

frightened, gilgamesh pleads with the god shamash to protect him during this dangerous journey.
trembling and crying, gilgamesh honors shamash so that shamash will grant his wish.
gilgamesh shows great respect for the god shamash by praying to him for protection.
shamash is a powerful god, so gilgamesh asks him to provide safety as he faces great danger.

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.

How many stanzas does this poem have, shall i compare thee to a summer day?

How does thoreau defend his approach in the second paragraph of "economy" inwalden? -he uses the word "t" because he feels it sounds more interesting-he does not use first-person point of view because his is a fictional account-he uses first-person point of view to get his readers' attention-he uses the word "t" for the sake of sincerity and honesty.