A Stormy Welcome Reread the second stanza of the poem, on
page 2. How does the poet structure this stanza
to reveal the struggle the speaker faces?
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I wake this morning to pouring rain
and a bird belting out her feathery blues.
Not rain like it rained in the place we just came from-
that was drizzly, chilly, misty, German rain,
as polite and vague as a ticket conductor
on the trains we used to take back there, back then..
This is crashing angry, tropical Singaporean rain,
more like a temper tantrum than mere weather,
I jump when the thunder bellows,
and the lightning strikes the pre-dawn dark
like the furious flash of an eye.
The poet has the speaker move between different
rooms to highlight the confusion she is
experiencing
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The poet begins and ends the stanza with an
image of a bird to suggest the speaker wishes to
run away
The poet uses unsentimental dialogue to contrast
the father's later concern for the speaker.
The poet uses a richly described flashback to
emphasize the intensity of the speaker's emotions.
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Welcome to the vocabulary assessment. by connecting with words in a more interactive way, through a graphic organizer that includes your own ideas, we hope you will learn new vocabulary strategies to integrate into your course work and your everyday life. objectives: use a variety of techniques to acquire a range of words determine, clarify, and illustrate the meaning of unfamiliar words to ensure that you properly and successfully complete the vocabulary assessment, do the following: complete the assessment using the passage provided. select a word from the passage, and identify/create each of the following for that word: denotation connotations synonyms antonyms affixes the sentence from the passage where the word appears an original sentence using the word a memory trick type your responses in the appropriate boxes. after you have typed your responses, print your graphic organizer and submit it to your teacher. be careful not to refresh the page before printing, as some browsers will not save your work. passage from "the pit and the pendulum" by edgar allan poe very suddenly there came back to my soul motion and sound—the tumultuous motion of the heart, and in my ears the sound of its beating. then a pause in which all is blank. then again sound, and motion, and touch, a tingling sensation pervading my frame. then the mere consciousness of existence, without thought, a condition which lasted long. then, very suddenly, thought, and shuddering terror, and earnest endeavor to comprehend my true state. then a strong desire to lapse into insensibility. then a rushing revival of soul and a successful effort to move. and now a full memory of the trial, of the judges, of the sable draperies, of the sentence, of the sickness, of the swoon. then entire forgetfulness of all that followed; of all that a later day and much earnestness of endeavor have enabled me vaguely to recall.

Taking initiative turns an idea into reality. what is an idea that you've had, a dream or a big goal? how could you take initiative, even a small step, to turn that idea into something tangible?

Which describes the purpose of storytelling? a. to entertain and to teach new ideas b. to inspire religious feelings and to honor ancestry c. to communicate, to explain natural events, and to record history d. to create art, to describe emotions, and to frighten supernatural forces