"We Real Cool" by Gwendolyn Brooks
THE POOL PLAYERS SEVEN AT THE GOLDEN
SHOVEL We real cool We Left school We
Lurk late We Strike straight We Sing sin We
Thin gin We Jazz June We Die soon
• How do you think Brooks incorporated
stanzas, line breaks, and sense units to
make this into a poem?

Read this excerpt from "birdfoot's grampa.” the old man must have stopped our car two dozen times to climb out and gather into his hands the small toads blinded by our lights and leaping, live drops of rain. what are readers most likely to infer from the phrase "blinded by our lights”? a the action in the poem takes place at night. b the weather makes the toads difficult to see. c another car is coming around the bend. d grampa is shining a lantern to see the toads.

The missionaries who appear in the novel are colonists from a) britain b) portugal c) spain d) italy

Which is these is not a benefit of parallel structure? a)clarity b)classification c)emphasis d)balance