It was many and many a year ago, in a kingdom by the sea, that a maiden there lived whom you may knowby the name of annabel lee; and this maiden she lived with no other thoughtthan to love and be loved by me. i was a child and she was a child, in this kingdom by the sea: but we loved with a love that was more than love—i and my annabel lee; with a love that the winged seraphs of heavencoveted her and me. and this was the reason that, long ago, in this kingdom by the sea, a wind blew out of a cloud, chillingmy beautiful annabel lee; so that her highborn kinsmen cameand bore her away from me, to shut her up in a sepulchrein this kingdom by the sea. source: poe, edgar allan. "annabel lee." poets. org. academy of american poets, n.
d. web. 17 may 2011. describe the foreshadowing in the poem. what are the effects of the foreshadowing in this poem? use evidence from the poem to defend your answer.

Awriter wants to develop an argument on the following topic: the voting age write a claim and counterclaim based on this topic. clearly identify your claim and counterclaim.

Which two passages in this excerpt from the death of ivan illych does leo tolstoy use to suggest that ivan ilych feels like his life is slipping away from him? "what's the use? it makes no difference," he said to himself, staring with wide-open eyes into the darkness. "death. yes, death. and none of them knows or wishes to know it, and they have no pity for me. now they are playing." (he heard through the door the distant sound of a song and its accompaniment.) "it's all the same to them, but they will die too! fools! i first, and they later, but it will be the same for them. and now they are merry . . the beasts! " anger choked him and he was agonizingly, unbearably miserable. "it is impossible that all men have been doomed to suffer this awful horror! " he raised himself. "something must be wrong. i must calm myself—must think it all over from the beginning." and he again began thinking. "yes, the beginning of my illness: i knocked my side, but i was still quite well that day and the next. it hurt a little, then rather more. i saw the doctors, then followed despondency and anguish, more doctors, and i drew nearer to the abyss. my strength grew less and i kept coming nearer and nearer, and now i have wasted away and there is no light in my eyes.

The latin phrase de gustibus non est disputandum means which of the following? a. “disputes aren’t easily settled.” b. “the great aren’t guilty.” c. “guilt isn’t the issue.” d. “there’s no disputing about tastes.”