Read an excerpt from The Disappearing Spoon um by Sam Kean. As you read, remember to use these tips? • Recall the definitions and uses of literary devices you have learned in this lesson
• Review the definitions and uses of literary devices
• Read and annotate the excerpt identifying all the literary devices you find.
• Describe the meaning of the literary devices.
• Evaluate details and devices to determine the key ideas in the text and determine the author's purpose.
• Determine why the author used the devices and how they support the purpose of the text
Then, write a paragraph that identines literary devices the excerpt explains why the author uses each of them, and
explains how they help the author achieve his purpose Write your response in 1000 125 words

What if puerto rico required all cement to carry a label with the location where it was manufactured and the date it was packaged? does that regulation discriminate against interstate manufacturers?

What information can you find in the interview that you cannot find in the informational piece?

Read the following excerpt from "dark tower" by claude mckay before you choose your answer. "we shall not always plant while others reap the golden increment of bursting fruit, nor always countenance, abject and mute, that lesser men should hold their brothers cheap; not everlastingly while others sleep shall we beguile their limbs with mellow flute, not always bend to some more subtle brute. we were not made eternally to weep. the night, whose sable breast relieves the stark, white stars, is no less lovely being dark; and there are buds that cannot bloom at all in light, but crumple, piteous, and fall. so in the dark we hid the heart that bleeds, and wait, and tend our agonizing needs." in context, the expression "the night, whose sable breast relieves the stark,/ white stars, is no less lovely being dark; " is best interpreted as a. the light of the stars overpowers the black of night b. the black of night overpowers the light of the stars c. black and white contribute equally to the beauty of the night sky d. black and white continuously compete for prominence in the night sky