EXPLANATORY: In The Rime of the Ancient Mariner," the aging mariner stops a young man on his way to a wedding party and shares with him a cautionary tale. Explain why the mariner is compelled to repeat his story. What is he trying to discharge by retelling it? Will he succeed?

Read the excerpt from "how i learned english.” and that was important, as important as joe barone asking me how i was through his tears, picking me up and dusting me off with hands like swatters, what does the imagery in the excerpt best readers picture? the awful stinging sensation of being dusted off the quick slapping motion of joe’s hands how roughly the speaker is pulled off the ground how loud and hard joe is laughing

Drag the tiles to the correct boxes to complete the pairs. match the audience to the description of each speech.

Which example is presented in chronological