Choose one: writing: routine writing: think of a time that you got in trouble for something you believed was unjust, or unfair. compose a letter to critics explaining your actions, and why you believe they were just. make sure to keep the audience in mind. (w.3d, ri.10) written response (argumentative): king emphasizes the idea of “injustice” in his “letter from a birmingham jail.” how does he portray this idea throughout the text? choose a section of the text which you believe king develop or refine his point. (ri.5, 10) writing: argumentative: do you believe we have reached the dream that king spoke of? write about why or why not, and why you feel this way. cite evidence from the speech to support your argument. (w.1ab, 2e, ri.10)

He leaned his head against the wall; his eyes were shut, his hands clasped in each other, and his body seemed to be sustained in an upright position merely by the cellar-door against which he rested his left shoulder. the lethargy into which he was sunk seemed scarcely interrupted by my feeling his hand and his forehead. his throbbing temples and burning skin indicated a fever . . there was only one circumstance that hindered me from forming an immediate determination in what manner this person should be treated. my family consisted of my wife and a young child. our servant-maid had been seized, three days before, by the reigning malady, and, at her own request, had been conveyed to the hospital. we ourselves enjoyed good health, and were hopeful of escaping with our lives. our measures for this end had been cautiously taken and carefully adhered to. they did not consist in avoiding the receptacles of infection, for my office required me to go daily into the midst of them; nor in filling the house with the exhalations of gunpowder, vinegar, or tar. they consisted in cleanliness, reasonable exercise, and wholesome diet. who is the story’s first-person narrator

Which of the following describes the structure of this excerpt best? a.free verse b.sonnet c.ballad d.blank verse

Ipronounced his name, offering him at the same time my hand: he took it, smiling and saying, “we shall do very well by-and-by.” then he laid me down, and addressing bessie, charged her to be very careful that i was not disturbed during the night. having given some further directions, and intimates that he should call again the next day, he departed; to my grief: i felt so sheltered and befriended while he sat in the chair near my pillow… (chapter 3) this passage, in which jane first meets the doctor, is an example of