1. What are 2-3 concepts from this unit and what did you learn about them? You must use your own definitions. 2. Choose 2 stories/readings/excerpts that you read in the unit. Summarize each story/reading/excerpt in a 5 sentence paragraph. In addition, if you liked the story write 2-3 sentences persuading someone else to read it. If you did not like it, write a 2-3 sentence argument about why it should not be in the curriculum.

Read the following excerpt from "dark tower" by claude mckay before you choose your answer. "we shall not always plant while others reap the golden increment of bursting fruit, nor always countenance, abject and mute, that lesser men should hold their brothers cheap; not everlastingly while others sleep shall we beguile their limbs with mellow flute, not always bend to some more subtle brute. we were not made eternally to weep. the night, whose sable breast relieves the stark, white stars, is no less lovely being dark; and there are buds that cannot bloom at all in light, but crumple, piteous, and fall. so in the dark we hid the heart that bleeds, and wait, and tend our agonizing needs." in context, the expression "the night, whose sable breast relieves the stark,/ white stars, is no less lovely being dark; " is best interpreted as a. the light of the stars overpowers the black of night b. the black of night overpowers the light of the stars c. black and white contribute equally to the beauty of the night sky d. black and white continuously compete for prominence in the night sky

The denouement comes at the beginning of a story a. true b. false

Complete the sentence. verb is used for a present , continuous action, or state of being, that is happening right now