HELP PLS Ode to Autumn

Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness! Close
bosom-friend of the maturing sun;
Conspiring with him how to load and bless
With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eavesrun;
To bend with apples the moss’d cottage-trees,
And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core;
To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel shells
With a sweet kernel; to set budding more, And
still more, later flowers for the bees, Until they
think warm days will never cease,
For summer has o'er-brimmed their clammy cells.
by John Keats

Directions: Choose the best answer.
1. What makes this poem an ode?
a) It shows grief for something lost or d e a d.
b) It is a formal poem of praise for someone or something.
c) It tells the story of an actual historical event.
d) It has fourteen lines written in iambic pentameter.

2. The excerpt above is only one stanza of the ode – the other stanzas probably contain:
a) praise for autumn’s plentiful harvest and weather
b) a description of a death that took place during the fall of the year.
c) three lines each with five, seven, and five syllables.
d) complaints about autumn rain and frost.

3. To what does the poet refer in the phrase “their clammy cells"?
a) the petals of a flower
b) the honey cells of a beehive
c) the prison cells in the local jail
d) the biological cells in a hazelnut

4. List five things that you would praise about your favorite season.

When doing a close reading, what is involved in the process of annotating a text?

21) this excerpt involves david, who travels with an inventor named perry. they test their experimental invention, a vehicle that burrows into the earth's crust. which statement best reflects the human experience that is represented in this excerpt? a) humans are not always reliable guides. b) humans desire wealth and a life of ease. c) humans are drawn to explore and experiment. d) humans attempt to conquer and control nature. 22) which statement best reflects the human experience that is represented in this excerpt? a) humans desire to control nature. b) humans are frightened by nature. c) humans are fascinated by nature. d) humans cannot understand nature. 23) 8 “what do you mean perry? ” i cried. “do you think that we are dead, and this is heaven? ” suppose the author changed section eight as listed below. 8 “perry, i have to object! ” i cried. “you don't think that we are dead, and this is heaven, do you? ” which correctly identifies the author's meaning for the word object? consider the effect of the stressed or unstressed syllable in the word object. a) you would stress the second syllable because the word is a noun and means a goal or purpose. b) you would stress the second syllable because the word is a verb and means to express or feel disapproval. c) you would stress the first and second syllable because the word is a verb and means to modify an adjective. d) you would stress the first syllable because the word is a noun and means a thing that has a finite, physical form. 24) 2 together we stepped out to stand in silent contemplation of a landscape at once weird and beautiful. before us a low and level shore stretched down to a silent sea. as far as the eye could reach the surface of the water was dotted with countless tiny isles—some of towering, barren, granitic rock—others resplendent in gorgeous trappings of tropical vegetation, myriad starred with the magnificent splendor of vivid blooms. 3 behind us rose a dark and forbidding wood of giant arborescent ferns intermingled with the commoner types of a primeval tropical forest. huge creepers depended in great loops from tree to tree, dense under-brush overgrew a tangled mass of fallen trunks and branches. upon the outer verge we could see the same splendid coloring of countless blossoms that glorified the islands, but within the dense shadows all seemed dark and gloomy as the grave. which most completely analyzes this excerpt for a comment about life? a) beauty is kind and inviting. b) nature is evil and forbidding. c) there is no risk in following beauty. d) what appears beautiful can also be deadly.

What is the author's purpose in both patrick henry's speech and thomas paines common sense