In this discussion, you'll reflect on the reading strategies you used while reading this lesson's poems (and which are useful for poetry in general). More specifically, you'll think about the process by which you select a reading strategy to help you comprehend poetry. The reading strategy I use changes from poem to poem, but one thing I've found that's easy for me to do is making text-to-self connections. I think that's because the speakers of poems aren't often named, so it's easy to step into their shoes and imagine myself as the speaker.

What are some strategies you use when reading poetry?
What do you look for in poems to increase your comprehension?

Read the benefits of wind energy. which statement accurately evaluates the authors response to the counterclaim in paragraph 1, stating wind power is i ferior to fossil fuels as an energy source?

Describe the misfit’s experience of the world. to what extent can his criminality be attributed to the conditions of his life? even though he is not in jail, is he a free man?

Have you ever thought you understood a person based on a story that you have heard about them? have you ever guessed about a person's personal life because of the clothes they wore? or, have you judged a person because of their friends? although classifying people in this way is typically discouraged, authors deliberately use your preconceived ideas to you form an opinion about the character or to at least have a better understanding. can you think of a time that you made a character call about someone based on external aspects? were you correct, or incorrect? has anyone ever made an incorrect assessment of you based on external aspects? write two paragraphs about it in your journal.