Directions: Read the writing prompt, then write your answer. Imagine you are writing a travel article and you want to write about an animal that lives in an area you visited Write a paragraph about the
animal Tell where you saw it, what it looked like, and what it was doing. Remember the characteristics of informational writing as you write

In what way do you think it would be difficult to live next to the united states

Langston hughes cited walt whitman as one of his greatest influences and some believe that hughes wrote "i, too, sing america" in response to whitman's "i hear america singing." using on whitman's poem. consider aspects such as structure, there, word, choice, etc., as you craft your response. your response will be scored on how well you: -demonstrate your understanding of the ideas of the text -use evidence from the text to develop and support your ideas -organize your response in a logical manner -demonstrate an appropriate writing style through the use of precise word choice and varied sentences -use standard conventions for writing

Match each excerpt to the epic characteristics it contains