Prompt: Tell the story that everyone in your family knows, that a parent retells all the time, or is almost legend at this point. (Ideas: Sometimes it’s about holidays or traditions, or the time someone got hurt really badly, a funny or bad thing a relative did when they were younger, etc.)

Which best explains this excerpt’s purpose in the novel’s plot structure? the excerpt creates conflict between characters as part of the rising action. the excerpt provides background information on a character as part of the exposition. the excerpt returns a character to equilibrium as part of the falling action. the excerpt is the point of greatest tension and acts as the climax.

My pretty rose tree by william blake a flower was offered to me, such a flower as may never bore; but i said, ‘i’ve a pretty rose tree,’ and i passed the sweet flower o’er. then i went to my pretty rose tree, to tend her by day and by night; but my rose turned away with jealousy, and her thorns were my only delight. what is the rhyme scheme of the two stanzas in this poem? a. abba, cdda b. abab, acac c. abab, cddc d. abaa, cddc

The limerick and the tongue twister are two types of verse. a) nonsense b) articulation c) declaration d) interrogation