Q1 p. 22 end of poem – Turn and Talk: How does this poem reinforce the theme that family makes an important imprint on identity? What additional theme is developed in this poem? Poem:
Six months before my big sister is born,
my uncle Odell is hit by a car
while home in South Carolina
on leave from the Navy.

When the phone rang in the Nelsonville house,
maybe my mother was out hanging laundry
on the line or down in the kitchen
speaking softly with her mother-in-law, Grace, missing
her own mama back home.
Maybe the car was packed and ready for the drive
back to Columbus---the place my father
called the Big City---now their home.
But every Saturday morning, they drove
the hour to Nelsonville and stayed
till Sunday night.

Maybe right before the phone rang, tomorrow

was just another day.

But when the news of my uncle's dying
traveled from the place he fell in South Carolina,
to the cold March morning in Ohio,
my mother looked out into a gray day
that would change her forever

Your brother

my mother heard her own mother say
and then there was only a roaring in the air around her
a new pain where once there wasn't pain
a hollowness where only minutes before
she had been whole

When developing a written argument, what best explains why an author would use a graph as a source? a graph gives numeric evidence visually. a graph is easy to read and understand. a graph is colorful and will engage the reader. a graph can be used to refute an argument.

Which aspect of hexagonal writing leads you to consider works that have similar elements? personal allusions analysis of literary devices literary allusions evaluation

Drag the tiles to the correct boxes to complete the pairs. match each paragraph to its corresponding purpose. tiles: instructs describes persuades narrates pairs before you purchase a used car from a dealer or an individual, there are important steps you must take. first, examine the car using an inspection checklist, which you can download and print from many websites. then test-drive the car under a variety of road conditions, making sure that it handles well in many situations. finally, ask for the car’s maintenance report and make sure you understand any repairs made on the car. arrowboth "good morning, sal! " uncle freddie said. " for coming in so early today." uncle freddie danced as he spoke. sal yawned. he did not know how his uncle woke up so cheerfully before dawn every day. uncle freddie placed a tray of cookies in front of sal. "i need you to decorate these," he said. he handed sal several tubes of icing. arrowboth the hole created by the meteorite's impact, known as the barringer meteorite crater, can still be seen today. it is one mile wide and over 550 feet deep—20 football games could be played at the same time on its floor, and more than two million people could watch from its sloping sides. arrowboth you know the feeling: it’s minutes until the school bus comes, but you just rolled out of bed, threw on some clothes, barely brushed your teeth, and now you’re racing out the door to catch the bus. you skip breakfast again. that’s three days this week alone! it’s no wonder, then, that by second period you start to feel awful, with your stomach grumbling and your eyelids drooping. my fellow classmates, listen up! you may be surprised by how a few simple changes in your life can have a huge effect on how you feel morning, noon, and night! arrowboth