1. a theme a. a universal idea that should be supported with textual evidence b. a thing like family or courage c .a powerful message that does not need textual evidence because you feel it d. usually one word or idea 2. what is not an example of theme? a. never judge a book by its cover. b. slow and steady wins the race. c. there's no place like home. d. bravery 3. a topic or central idea is a. subject or idea dealt with in the text. b. broader and less specific version of theme. c. the subject or idea dealt with in the text and the broader and less specific version of theme (first two answers are both correct). d. none of the above 4. since the reader holds the meaning of a text in his/her interpretation, he/she should try to support the theme choice with evidence from the text. true false 5. "love" is a theme because it has no opinion, whereas "love stinks" is a topic or subject because you're forming an opinion or universal idea about love. true false

Read the selection below and answer the question. an open boat by alfred noyes o, what is that whimpering there in the darkness? 

 'let him lie in my arms. he is breathing, i know.
 look. i'll wrap all my hair round his neck' – the sea's rising,
 the boat must be lightened. he's dead. he must go.' 


 see - quick - by that flash, where the bitter foam tosses, 
 the cloud of white faces, in the black open boat, 
 and the wild pleading woman that clasps her dead lover 
 and wraps her loose hair round his breast and his throat.
 'come, lady, he's dead.' - 'no, i feel his heart beating,
 he's living, i know. but he's numbed with the cold. 
 see, i'm wrapping my hair all around him to warm him.' -
- 'no. we can't keep the dead, dear. come, loosen your hold.

 'come. loosen your fingers.' - 'o god, let me keep him! ' -
 o, hide it, black night! let the winds have their way! 
 and there are no voices or ghosts from that darkness, 
 to fret the bare seas at the breaking of day. the imagery and word choice in the second stanza creates a tone of liveliness and joy danger and gloom silence and peace anger and hostility

Now close reading is an essential and foundational skill needed to succeed in any language arts course. acquiring this skill will you form a strategy when writing about literature. you will be required to perform and develop this skill as you progress through this course and other courses in your school career. identify and discuss your areas of strength in language arts. what do you do well? what do you like doing in a course like this? why do those tasks work well for you? you can also identify a challenge you have that you’d like to work on throughout this course. use this discussion as an opportunity to give advice to your classmates based on your stronger skills and to ask for with skills you are still developing.

In the sentence above, which verb is the irregular verb? a. laid b. warmed c. removed d. walked