Read the short story by William Faulkner. Then carefully read each of the following questions before providing your answer.
1. How might this story be rewritten as a piece of formula fiction (genre)? You could write it as a romance, detective, or
horror Story - whatever strikes your fancy. Does Faulkner's version have elements of formulaic fiction?
2. What is the effect of the final paragraph of the story? How does it contribute to your understanding of Emily? Why is
it important that we get this information last rather than at the beginning of the story?
3. What details foreshadow the conclusion of the story? Did you anticipate the ending?
4. Faulkner uses a number of gothic elements in this plot: the imposing decrepit house, the decayed corpse, and the
mysterious secret horrors connected with Emily's life. How do these elements forward the plot and establish the
atmosphere?
5. Discuss how Faulkner's treatment of the North and South contributes to the meaning of the story.

Read the passage from sugar changed the world. sugar is a taste we all want, a taste we all crave. people throughout the planet everywhere have been willing to do anything, anything at all, to get that touch of sweetness. we even know exactly how thrilling it was to taste sugar for the first time. when the lewis and clark expedition met up with the shoshone, who had little previous contact with old world products, sacagawea gave a tiny piece of sugar to a chief. he loved it, saying it was "the best thing he had ever tasted." sugar created a hunger, a need, which swept from one corner of the world to another, bringing the most terrible misery and destruction, but then, too, the most inspiring ideas of liberty. sugar changed the world. we begin that story with a man who could never know enough. how does the conclusion of the prologue support the authors’ purpose? select two options. it introduces the topic that will be addressed next. it provides information about the authors. it states why the topic is relevant to readers. it cites sources the authors used in the text. it explains how the authors came to study the subject.