The following headline is simple: Poll: Transit Tax Supported 3 to 1 .

Its meaning can be changed in context by adding a subheading: Poll: Transit Tax Supported 3 to 1-- Large Leads Have Disappeared Before

Now you try it. Use the simple statement below or make up your own statement. Add another statement so that the context changes the meaning of the first statement.

What a great day!

Read the excerpt from martin luther king jr.’s "i have a dream” speech. and so let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of new hampshire. let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of new york. let freedom ring from the heightening alleghenies of pennsylvania. let freedom ring from the snow-capped rockies of colorado. let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of california. but not only that: let freedom ring from stone mountain of georgia. let freedom ring from lookout mountain of tennessee. let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of mississippi. from every mountainside, let freedom ring. the most likely reason king uses allusions in this part of his speech is to share his knowledge of american geography. compare northern and southern destinations. remind listeners about small-town accountability. encourage listeners to envision freedom everywhere.

The first step in making a mental model for a compare-and-contrast text is a. comparing the two things being described. b. finding important details in the text. c. contrasting the two things being described. d. connecting details to what is already known.

In poem daffodils-how do we know that the yellow daffodils has a long lasting effect on the speaker.