Refer to explorations in literature for a complete version of the text. read this excerpt from "a letter from birmingham jail" by martin luther king jr.: its ugly record of brutality is widely known. negroes have experienced grossly unjust treatment in the courts. there have been more unsolved bombings of negro homes and churches in birmingham than in any other city in the nation. these are the hard, brutal facts of the case. how does king's use of charged language such as "ugly record of brutality," "grossly unjust," and "brutal facts" best advance his viewpoint? a) it captures how disgusted king is by the poor treatment of black people. b)it illustrates king's complex and evolving views regarding racism and segregation. c) it highlights how stunned king was to learn that black people were treated in this way. d) it reveals king's nonviolent approach to addressing racism in birmingham.

Read lines 44 - 47 from the poem "your laughter and answer the question, deny me bread, air, light, spring, but never your laughter for i would die

This excerpt is from “the poet” by alfred, lord tennyson. the poem describes a poet's consciousness and perception. which three lines suggest the richness of a poet's thoughts? thus truth was multiplied on truth, [the world like one great garden show'd,] and thro' the wreaths of floating dark upcurl'd, rare sunrise flow'd. [and freedom rear'd in that august sunrise] her beautiful bold brow, when rites and forms before his burning eyes melted like snow. [there was no blood upon her maiden robes] sunn'd by those orient skies; but round about the circles of the globes of her keen eyes and in her raiment's hem was traced in flame wisdom, a name to shake [all evil dreams of power--a sacred name.] and when she spake, [her words did gather thunder as they ran,] and as the lightning to the thunder which follows it, riving the spirit of man, making earth wonder, so was their meaning to her words. no sword of wrath her right arm whirl'd, [ but one poor poet's scroll, and with 'his' word] she shook the world.

What is the one characteristic about narrative poetry that all pieces share? a. the speaker is the voice in the poem. the speaker can be the protagonist that experiences the action and conflict, or the speaker can tell the story about someone else. b. as the poet, you will also set the mood of the poem. the words that you choose will arouse the reader. consider what you want the reader to feel when he reads your words. c. all narrative poetry has a story line. there will be a protagonist, and the 4 parts of plot.