Read the fable and use supporting evidence from the story to identify its theme. answer in a minimum of three complete sentences.
a lion asleep in his lair was woken up by a mouse running over his face. losing his temper he seized it with his paw and was about to kill it. the mouse, terrified, piteously entreated him to spare its life. " let me go," it cried, "and one day i will repay you for your kindness." the idea of so insignificant a creature ever being able to do anything for him amused the lion so much that he laughed aloud,

Read the passage and choose the correct punctuation marks

The harlem renaissance dawned in an era of pervasive racism and segregation. although legally "free," many african americans were still bound by ideas that had their roots in the slavery of earlier centuries. identity and freedom are important ideas presented in many of the poems from the harlem renaissance. furthermore, the values of identity and freedom are not unique to particular times and places. as hughes expresses in "dream variations," all humans want to be able to develop their identities in freedom. what role does freedom play in the poems you read in this unit? what is required of a society to enable each individual to be true to his or her identity and be free to live by that identity? write about at least three of the poems, describing how the poet uses imagery to depict freedom and identity, the lack of it, or the desire for it.

Match each poem to its form either free verse or blank verse