Eight dollars (is, are) the price of a movie these days.

"Is" is the verb of this sentence.  Though a subject of a clause is typically in front of the verb, this is an "inverted sentence," meaning that the subject comes after the verb.  If this sentence weren't to be inverted it would read, "The price of a movie (is,are) eight dollars these days."  The verb is describing the word "price" and because "price" is singular, it must have a singular verb meaning the correct verb usage is "is."

it the climax in the poem

should you be the one doing this journal entry? it says "your special talent or skill". are you gonna lie 'bout your talent and make us fake a talent for you?

also this is a really easy journal entry, you can just think of a skill your good at and write did you work hard to become good at this skill (ex: drawing, writing, math, playing music, etc.) or does it come naturally (like a cool trick that you can do with your body). you can do all of that in 150 words. just try and think of a talent and even if your bad at this talent just say your working hard to become good at it.