Responding... 1. Everyone has certain strengths, or gifts, that commitment and hard work can
help to realize. Write a journal entry about the gifts that you possess, and
what you would have to do to realize them. Think about any sacrifices that
you might have to make, and what those sacrifices might mean to your life.
Do you think you could give the kind of commitment that was asked of
Hannah?
Discuss with a partner the reasons Hannah made the choice that she did. Do
you think it was the right choice? Outline the alternative for her art what it
might mean to her life.
3. This short story uses subtle foreshadowing throughout to prepare the reader
for events in the plot and for the ending. How is each of the following events
foreshadowed?
a) Tante Rose's great fear of bicycles
b) the photograph appearing in the newspaper
c) the decision Hannah makes
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Someone answer this asap for an office manger uses the function s(x) to determine the number of shirts the company can make when the employees work for a total of x hours. when the employees have worked for a total of 300 hours, they produces 500 shirts. which equation correctly represents the company’s production of shirts? a. s(300) = 500 b. s(300) = 800 c. s(500) = 300 d. s(500) = 800

Read the lines from "she walks in beauty." the smiles that win, the tints that glow, but tell of days in goodness spent, a mind at peace with all below, a heart whose love is innocent! which of wordsworth's beliefs about poetry is illustrated in these lines by byron? a. poetry should present the ordinary in unusual ways. b. poetry should include fantastical, dreamlike settings. c. poetry should revolve around feelings and emotions. d. poetry should focus heavily on everyday situations.

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