1. Syntax can be rearranged to create a different experience for the reader. Read the following passage while paying attention to the syntax.
"We’re on a flat, open stretch of ground. A plain of hard-packed dirt. Behind the tributes across from me, I can see nothing, indicating either a steep downward slope or even a cliff. To my right lies a lake. To my left and back, sparse piney woods."

2. Try to rewrite the passage using as many of the same words as in the original, but format it in a different way to change the syntax. Does your re-write change the feeling of the passage?

3. Writer’s block is something that generally afflicts all writers at one point or another in their career. Obviously, writer’s block is fairly specific within the writing domain; however, what other professions might suffer from a similar type of barrier? Briefly compare and contrast writer’s block to a similar obstacle that a person in another profession may encounter.

4. Imagine that you are a teacher for a creative writing course at the college-level. You begin a lesson by discussing the importance of accessing one’s own creativity and identifying ways to inspire oneself. What are some suggestions that you might offer your students (based on what was learned in the unit) as to how to find their creativity and inspiration? How would you help to inspire them?

d) she is both terrified and excited by the idea of returning to school.

a) she takes one day at a time.

d) she felt like she was an object of ridicule.

d) she tells her daughter not to worry about it because things will get better.\

b) elnora needs money for books and out-of-town tuition. she will raise the money herself.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

a you should do a lion because they are so majestic