Heroes with Solid Feet: Questions:

1. Find one example of a strong word choice (diction). Why do you think the author chose to use this word/phrase and how did it affect the meaning of this piece?

2. Find one example of a word whose literal meaning is different from the implied meaning. How does the connotation of this word affect the meaning of the sentence or piece?

3. Create one reading question that highlights an important aspect of this work.

Auden's musée des beaux arts" and williams's "landscape with the fall oficarus" share which common element?

The greatest gift the sumerians gave the world was the invention of writing. the sumerians were a wealthy people. they needed some way to keep track of what they owned. they began drawing pictures. they used a reed as a pen. they drew on soft pieces of clay. the soft clay was then dried in the sun. the tablet became a permanent record. later, the sumerian drawings changed into wedge-shaped symbols. this kind of writing is called cuneiform. by putting symbols together, the sumerians could write entire sentences.

Which of the following would not be a good supporting sentence for an example paragraph with the following topic sentence?