1. select a book or movie that has at least one sequel. write a persuasive paragraph discussing which version you believe is better: the original book or movie or the sequel. if there is more than one sequel to the original book or movie, select only one of the sequels on which to focus. be sure to clearly introduce your argument, use at least one type of rhetoric to persuade your reader, include specific details from the book or movie, and address at least one counterclaim. (10 points). 2. write a vivid, one paragraph description of a travel destination you love. this may be a place you have visited many times or only once, and it may be close by or far away. be sure to use sensory language to create a vivid picture of the setting. (10 points). 3. in an essay, identify the theme helen keller offers in the story of my life about learning and discuss how she develops this theme. then, describe the narrator's character arc as she learns. finally, select two strong words or phrases in the text and identify their connotations. also discuss how these connotations contribute to the theme or the narrator's character arc. be sure to cite or describe specific details from the text to support your ideas. (30 points).

The movie Despicable Me has three sequels. In the first movie Gru is a supervillain and adopts three little girls to help him carry out his plan, but in the end, when the girls are returned to the orphanage Gru finds himself missing their company. When he realizes that he messed up, he goes and gets them back. In the second movie, Gru ends his life of villainy to raise his three girls, instead of robbing banks he now catches the crooks who do so. Now he fights for good and meets Lucy, which he marries. In the third sequel the head of the anti-villain organization that lucy and Gru both work for retires and is replaced with someone much more strict and fire Gru and lucy right away. Gru finds out he has a twin brother and him and Gru return to villainy together so Gru can prove to his previous boss that she made a mistake. I personally like the third sequel the best although sequel movies aren't always the best. I like this the most because the three girls get the loving mother they have always wanted, and Gru gets to meet his twin brother which also made him happier. Although the conflict of the movie wasn't the best and was predictable the ending was still very good.

in   ¨and yet the books¨   by czelaw miloz the tone is positive since it tells us that when we touch a book, it starts to live and the perspective is in the third person and turns once into the first person. in "the rhinoceros" by eugene ionesco the tone is illogical and absurd   and the perspective is in the third person since it is a play.

the sun warms our planet, and with the moon, creates the tides. the moon orbits the earth and in turn, the earth orbits the sun. because they appear to be the same size in the sky, the sun, earth and moon work together to create eclipses. when the moon is directly in between the earth and sun