Use the letter you wrote for the Use What You Know activity to answer the following question. One reason to compete for overseas colonies is that we need another to keep our factories, foundries, and mills in operation. (Enter two words.)

Why does the author of “about a girl” begin the article with the statement “blessed as i am with an ordinary memory”? a.) she wants to show readers she is an ordinary person to them relate to her writing. b.)she believes readers take their memories for granted and wants them to learn how to appreciate memories instead. c.) she wants readers to be for what they have. d.)she feels that she is able to remember absolutely everything.

Hamlet: ] it will but skin and film the ulcerous place, whiles rank corruption, mining all within, infects unseen. confess yourself to heaven; repent what’s past; avoid what is to come; and do not spread the compost on the weeds to make them ranker. —hamlet, william shakespeare what is the central motif in the passage? the passage of time madness disease and decay gardening

What else do you think experts can learn from studying the language of written work? what do you think is the value of studying the language of william shakespeare whose writing is over hundreds of years old?