Read the passage below: Did Edgar Allan Poe's parents name their son after a character in a play? Poe's
parents, both travel actors, were performing in Shakespeare's King Lear the year of
their son's birth.
Explain why the appositive phrase "both traveling actors" is enclosed in commas
The phrase is a fragment
The phrase is not essential to the meaning of the sentence
The writer likes commas
It is written incorrectly

50 ! your poem must include the following: ● poetic form: lines and stanzas (not paragraphs! ) o your poem needs to be at least 10 lines long. ● sensory details/strong imagery o “paint a picture” and/or create an emotion with your words, word choice is key in poetry ● figurative language o include at least one of the following: metaphor, simile, and/or personification (click here for more info. on these) ● sound devices o include at least one of the following: repetition, rhyme, rhythm, meter, onomatopoeia, and/or alliteration (click here for more info. on these) ● labels o underneath your poem, include the words from the poem that represent the figurative language and sound devices and label them o examples: booming bombs - alliteration; like a firefly - simile you so