This week we have read Colson Whitehead's article and have obtained many ways to explain our good and bad writing habits. We have also seen that there is probably not one golden rule that will work for everybody. Choose two of Whitehead's suggestions and tell us why you think they will help you as a writer. Explain with your own experience. Not sure where to start? Here's my example (NO STEALING OF MY EXAMPLE ALLOWED!) The first rule that works for me is Revise. Revise. Revise. because as a student I learned to put my work away when I was distracted or tired--then when I went back to it the next day I would easily find errors that I had been overlooking. As Whitehead tells us, every edit contributes to a new draft. Think of a blank page on a new day as a new start and you will not be as stressed next time you click on MS WORD.

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here? irony personification metaphor simile

What is the metaphor used for captain beatty? what is he being compared to?

Which excerpt best states the central idea of the second paragraph of the dark game ?