2. POINT OF ATTACK: The novel begins with "It was a pleasure to burn" (1). a) Why do you think Ray Bradbury starts the novel in this way? b) Why might it be more pleasurable to burn
books rather than read them?

In the poem "we wear the mask," paul laurence dunbar voices his repressed anger and frustration toward american society. he repeats the title phrase three times in the poem, using the words mask and we to show that the first use of the phrase is matter-of-fact. in the second stanza, the statement is followed by a period, which shows resignation. however, at the end of the poem, dunbar almost shouts the phrase defiantly. the mask seems to become something he wears proudly. through this gradual emphasis on the phrase, dunbar could be implying that

Identify the sentence in which the underlined word or words are punctuated incorrectly. a) pam was (well prepared) for the debate. b) she had (read three quarters) of the material more than once. c) she has always been (self assured). d) the winner needs a (two-thirds) majority of the votes.

When should evidence be quoted directly and when should it be paraphrased? identify which approach the student in each scenario should use. paraphrase or quote for each box.