Read these central ideas from "Homer: The Poet for All Ages." Some people question whether Homer really existed.
People have different ideas about who Homer was.

Which details from "Homer: The Poet for All Ages" best support these two central ideas about Homer?

Select the two correct answers.
"Whatever the source of the poems, however, they must have been recited for a good many years before they were finally written down."

"In this way, they believe, these great poems grew, being added to and gradually shaped through many years."

"Some people believe that such a poet really lived, and that he composed the Iliad and the Odyssey himself and recited them in the cities where he stayed."

"One legend says that long ago in Greece, a blind poet, Homer, wandered from city to city and earned his living by reciting poems."

Ihave to write a narrative poem for an english assignment, but i can't come up with any topics/ideas for the poem. any topics ideas?

Which sentence is written using formal language? a) erin has a crucial appointment early monday morning. b) that was a real bogus tale charlie told the teacher. c) let me have a sneak-peak or i am simply gonna explode. eliminate d) i do not think tim will be here today; he's playing hookie.

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here? irony personification metaphor simile