Refer to these stories from the Iliad: "Agamemnon's Appeal to Achilles" and "The Arming of Patroclus." Which incident helps develop the theme that there is glory in war?

Hector boasts when he kills Patroclus.

Patroclus wears Achilles' armor to frighten the Trojans.

Sarpedon dies on the battlefield.

Achilles refuses to fight in the war.

If you had a chance to change the past would you? why or why not?

In the list below, which plot event appears out of order? setting rising action falling action climax resolution setting rising action falling action resolution

Read the following excerpt from life on the mississippi by mark twain. no girl could withstand his charms. he "cut out" every boy in the village. when his boat blew up at last, it diffused a tranquil contentment among us such as we had not known for months. but when he came home the next week, alive, renowned, and appeared in church all battered up and bandaged, a shining hero, stared at and wondered over by everybody, it seemed to us that the partiality of providence for an undeserving reptile had reached a point where it was open to criticism. how does twain's use of understatement serve his purpose? be sure to use specific details from the text to support your answer.