Question #1 Valley of Ashes
Broken nose
Myrtle Wilson
Mr. McKee

Based on the four items in Question #1, which three belong together (and WHY), and which
does not belong (and WHY)? Based
on the rubric above, your response needs to be at least
two complete sentences in length to reccive an A.
Your answer

Read the stanza below from the poem “tattoo” by gregg shapiro and answer the question that follows. if i could trade places with him i would pad the rest of his days wrap him in gauze and velvet absorb the shocks and treat his wounds i would scrub the numbers from his flesh extinguish the fire and give him back his life what does shapiro use to create the conceit in the lines above? a) he carries one line of poetry onto the next. b) he paints vivid word pictures that trigger the imagination by appealing to the five senses. c) he directly expresses a metaphor using like, as, or than. d) he uses physical protection to represent emotional protection.

Describe the misfit’s experience of the world. to what extent can his criminality be attributed to the conditions of his life? even though he is not in jail, is he a free man?

Where does this story take place (give details)