I said, Listen,
Before I'd pay
I'd go to Hades
And rot away!

—“Madam and the Rent Man,”
Langston Hughes

When Madam says "I'd go to Hades," what is the poet expressing about the perspective of a working-class renter?

A. She wants to go to the underworld.
B. She is afraid she will rot away.
C. She plans to pay the rent man.
D. She would do anything but pay the rent man.

What best describes the attitude the poet expresses by his choice of words in this stanza?

A. sarcasm
B. anger
C. indecision
D. humor

What connection or interrelationship is made between the internet and cryptic inducement?

Read this excerpt from “what i hope to leave behind.” for a number of years it took so much vitality to keep the home going, and that home represented so many different kinds of activities, that none of us had any urge to go outside of this sphere. if “what i hope to leave behind” was the subject of a class discussion, why might paraphrasing this sentence be ? you could analyze the key themes while also staying true to the original language. you could summarize the key ideas, which would shorten the length of the excerpt. you could use your own ideas and concepts, which would add important information. you could rephrase it in your own words, which might clarify the meaning of the excerpt.

Find a newspaper or magazine (either print or digital form), and select one piece of media to evaluate. after reading/viewing the media, describe it, and explain what you believe the purpose and intended audience of the piece may have been. then, label the techniques (images, layout, video, sound, etc.) that were used, and how those techniques interacted to create either an effective or ineffective piece of media. your response should be at least 200 words.