Read the excerpt below and answer the question. SAM: ...People get hurt in all that bumping, and we're sick and tired of it now. It's been going on for too
long. Are we never going to get it right?...Learn to dance life like champions instead of always being just a
bunch of beginners at it?
Do you think Sam is right as he describes his dream for the world-"A World Without Collisions"-to Hally? Will the world
ever "get it right?" In at least 200 words, explain what Sam's message means to you and If you believe people can learn
to "dance life like champions." Support your essay using details from the play, current events, and your studies.

Match the definition or example to the term.

Why did phillips il of spain want to invade

Read the following excerpt from life on the mississippi by mark twain. no girl could withstand his charms. he "cut out" every boy in the village. when his boat blew up at last, it diffused a tranquil contentment among us such as we had not known for months. but when he came home the next week, alive, renowned, and appeared in church all battered up and bandaged, a shining hero, stared at and wondered over by everybody, it seemed to us that the partiality of providence for an undeserving reptile had reached a point where it was open to criticism. how does twain's use of understatement serve his purpose? be sure to use specific details from the text to support your answer.