Some artists are more comfortable painting a subject in front of them. For example, Joseph Roulin sat for several of van Gogh's portraits. Van Gogh made twenty-five paintings of the Roulin family all together. People think he thought of them as a substitute family. Some painters, like Paul Gauguin, prefer to paint from imagination. Like painters, writers often use real or imagined events to build details. Which do you think is easier to write, a completely fictional story or one in which you organize from facts? Write the beginning of two different stories. In one story, describe your best friend. In the next story, create a make-believe world in which you travel to a magical island. After writing the beginning of both stories, explain which story was easier for you to write.

Select the correct answer. what is the purpose of creating an outline for a research paper? a. to assess the validity of research sources ob. to think up topic ideas oc. to organize researched information od. to estimate the word count of the paper

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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