Then the weather clouded over. that was on wednesday the eve of the party. anxiety was intense. then thursday, september the 22nd, actually dawned. the sun got up, the clouds vanished, flags were unfurled and the fun began.

bilbo baggins called it a party, but it was really a variety of entertainments rolled into one. practically everybody living near was invited. a very few were overlooked by accident, but as they turned up all the same, that did not matter.

what do readers learn about the setting in this excerpt?

the weather is cloudy on the day of the party.

the community anxiously awaits the gathering.

only a few neighbors are invited to the party.

only bilbo is concerned with the weather.

Hey, can you guys keep awnsering my questions

Who is the speaker? read the quotations and answer the questions for each quote. quotation analysis "those who labor in the earth are the chosen people of " what is the main idea of the quotation? who do you think is the speaker? what evidence from the background reading leads you to the conclusion about the speaker? 2. "all communities divide themselves into the few and the many. the first are rich and well born, the other the mass of the people…" what is the main idea of the quotation? they divided the people in between rich and poor who do you think is the speaker? hamilton what evidence from the background reading leads you to the conclusion about the speaker? federalists believed that the country should be ruled by the by the best people 3. "laws are made for men of ordinary understanding and should, therefore, be construed by the ordinary rules of common sense." what is the main idea of the quotation? who do you think is the speaker? what evidence from the background reading leads you to the conclusion about the speaker? 4. "a fondness for power is implanted in most men, and it is natural to abuse it when acquired." what is the main idea of the quotation? who do you think is the speaker? what evidence from the background reading leads you to the conclusion about the speaker?

What evidence from the text supports the conclusion that gilgamesh demonstrates courage and takes risks?