The assignment for this lesson is to create a reading guide about a poem or song of your choice. It should cite the poem or song specifically and directly while providing the basic information about the work, particularly its imagery, figurative language, meter, rhyme scheme, and meaning. What is a poem or song I can use?

Read the following excerpt from life on the mississippi by mark twain. no girl could withstand his charms. he "cut out" every boy in the village. when his boat blew up at last, it diffused a tranquil contentment among us such as we had not known for months. but when he came home the next week, alive, renowned, and appeared in church all battered up and bandaged, a shining hero, stared at and wondered over by everybody, it seemed to us that the partiality of providence for an undeserving reptile had reached a point where it was open to criticism. how does twain's use of understatement serve his purpose? be sure to use specific details from the text to support your answer.

Evaluate the argument in president kennedy’s inaugural address for sacrificing oneself for the greater good of humanity. is this argument convincing? in what ways can we see the legacy of his request in this word today.

What is rand's reason for including the ra.pe scene?   how does the event change both roark and dominique?   discuss how current attitudes on relations between the se.xes have changed since the publication of the fountainhead.