A fireworks display Friday night football A solar eclipse A holiday parade

Write a poem about one of the topics above, using precise words to explore a topic and create an effect. First, select a topic. Then, make a list of very precise words that would help you describe the scene. Next, write several lines using the words you selected. Then, put those lines together to form sentences, and divide the sentences into lines.

Your poem can be any length, and it does not need to rhyme. Let the precise words you chose guide you in shaping a poem.

Which of these best identifies the text elements used in this text? a) heading and italics print b) pictures and capitalization c) headings and bold faced print d) capitalization and underlining

How does new technology, ideas, and innovations affect society

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