You have been assigned to give an oral presentation in which you defend a particular interpretation of a book you have read. which is the best course of action for your speech?
a) summarize the book, and tell how you feel about it.
b) summarize the book, and tell what you think it means, and why.
c) summarize the book, and tell different ways it might be interpreted.
d) summarize the book, and compare it to another, similar book you have read.

Buck did not cry out. he did not check himself, but drove in upon spitz, shoulder to shoulder, so hard that he missed the throat. they rolled over and over in the powdery snow. spitz gained his feet almost as though he had not been overthrown, slashing buck down the shoulder and leaping clear. twice his teeth clipped together, like the steel jaws of a trap, as he backed away for better footing, with lean and lifting lips that writhed and snarled. read this passage. explain what the conflict shows about buck and spitz.

Read the excerpt from "the love song of j. alfred prufrock." and indeed there will be time to wonder, “do i dare? ” and, “do i dare? ” time to turn back and descend the stair, with a bald spot in the middle of my hair— [they will say: “how his hair is growing thin! ”] my morning coat, my collar mounting firmly to the chin, my necktie rich and modest, but asserted by a simple pin— [they will say: “but how his arms and legs are thin! ”] do i dare disturb the universe? in a minute there is time for decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse. which lines indicate that the speaker is concerned about what others think of him?

Imagine that you have just moved to a new city. write a short letter to your best friendtelling him or her about the move. be sure to include the date and your new address. use additional paper ifnecessary