choose one story from this list:

*president cleveland, where are you?

*raymond's run

*the bat-poet

*the white umbrella

*my father is a simple man (poem)

select one of the stories or poems in this unit and identify the author's purpose for writing. then, identify the theme of that same story or poem. what is the difference between the theme and the author's purpose? are they the same, or are they different?

In nectar in a sieve, rukmani marries a tenant farmer of the class. brahmin kshatriyas sudras vaishyas

Iknow why the cage bird sings, how does the autjor’s decision to include the underlined action impact the readers understanding

Which of the following sentences from the text contains an example of metaphor he look like one of those ballerinas that dance just on the tips of your toes be mom was horrible snake-woman boys came out again and said if you ever ever see brian's hand was shaking and he was crying like a big baby but his fingers still stayed out the right when the fire was going to give him a good roasting joetta ran across the room and sounding like the little engine that thought it could she blew the match out before it got him