Before you put on that skeleton costume and rove door-to-door pandering for candy, take a minute to reflect on this tradition. Halloween is believed to have come from an ancient Celtic
festival dating back some 2,000 years. November 1st was the Celtic New Year and marked the
end of summer to the Celts. They celebrated on its eve by wearing costumes made of animal
skins and dancing around bonfires. Over the next two millennia, this primitive celebration grew
to be the candy fueled costume ball that we know today.

Please Summarize this paragraph in one sentence. Be specific and clearly explain the main
idea.

You are to write a five paragraph literary essay based on one of the 4 prompts and what you have read and learned in this module. these are your options: 1. how do the events of "the white umbrella" teach the narrator a lesson about shame and acceptance? 2. what role does creativity play in "the bat-poet"? 3. how does the character of squeaky change over the course of "raymond's run"? 4. discuss the influences of older family members on the protagonists and speakers in the stories and poems of this unit. you are to write a five paragraph literary essay based on what you have read and learned in this module. your final submission should meet the following requirements. • submit completed pre-writing and outline documents. • write an essay that contains an introduction with hook and thesis statement, supporting paragraphs with evidence and at least one quotation, and a conclusion that restates the thesis and reviews main points. • use transitions appropriate to the pattern of organization. • use vocabulary to create tone and voice. • cite primary source (quotation). • submit completed revision checklist. • vary sentence structure. • create sentences with parallel structures. • use technology in the writing process.

Even the insistent cough of the woman next to him wasn't enough to draw his eyes away from the tiny type of the ancient book its pages were brittle and felt like they could crumble at the slightest disturbance he noticed the musty odor if each page as he carefully it over.

5read the following sentence from kennedy's inaugural speech.and so, my fellow americans, ask not what your countfor you; ask what you can do for your country.ot what your country can dothis sentence is an example of an antimetabole, a rhetorical device in whichthe speaker reverses the order of repeated words. antimetabole is used toplace added emphasis on the final part of the statement. which of thefollowing is also an example of antimetabole? a"this nation, for all its hopes and boasts, will not be fully free until itscitizens are free." – john f. kennedy, 1963"forgive your enemies, but never forget their names."- john f. kennedy, quoted in 1984 by ed kochc"mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind."- john f. kennedy, 1961d"a man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on."- john f. kennedy, 1962