Part 2. In your own words, rewrite each of the following examples of litotes as straight declarative statements, under the statement provided. Try to keep the style of the original. “...I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will make them honored, and they shall not be small.” (Jeremiah 30:19 RSV) 2.“That (sword) was not useless/to the warrior now.” (Beowulf) 3. “It isn’t very serious. I have this tiny little tumor on the brain.” (The Catcher in the Rye) Part 3:

It's timed! overpopulation can affect the natural environment • limiting land available for crops.• lowering the standard of living.• causing the destruction of forests.• worsening sanitation in cities.

Hurry 100 points consider the speakers in "the raven" and the speaker in "the song of wandering aengus."write two paragraphs to compare and contrast the voice in these two poems. how does the poet give the speaker in each poem a distinctive voice? what effect does this voice have in each poem?

The greatest gift the sumerians gave the world was the invention of writing. the sumerians were wealthy people. they needed some way to keep track of what they owned. they began drawing pictures. they used a reed as a pen. they drew on soft pieces of clay. the soft clay was then dried in the sun. the tablet became a permanent record. later, the sumerian drawings changed into wedge-shaped symbols. this kind of writing is called cuneiform. by putting symbols together, the sumerians could write entire sentences.