1. Personal Connections How would you feel if you always had to use your own biometrics as identification? Explain.

Read the excerpt from elie wiesel’s all rivers run to the sea. why were those trains allowed to roll unhindered into poland? why were the tracks leading to birkenau never bombed? i have put these questions to american presidents and generals and to high-ranking soviet officers. since moscow and washington knew what the killers were doing in the death camps, why was nothing done at least to slow down their “production”? that not a single allied military aircraft ever tried to destroy the rail lines converging on auschwitz remains an outrageous enigma to me. birkenau was “processing” ten thousand jews a day. stopping a single convoy for a single night—or even for just a few hours—would have prolonged so many lives. based on the paragraph, the author would most likely agree that it is best to avoid confrontation at all costs. people need to be proactive when they witness an injustice. countries should remain neutral to keep alliances strong. moscow and washington are to be blamed for the holocaust.

Branliest + 100 points for this assessment you must create presentation using web 2.0 or multi media tools to analyze a story read from huckleberry finn. (i will make presentation i just need the answers) first gather your notes about the following characters from both huckleberry finn and romeo and juliet. buck miss sophia harney shepherdson romeo juliet one other character from romeo and juliet next match the characters from huckleberry finn with those from romeo and juliet which character most closely represents juliet? romeo? a third character from the play? once you have made these decisions right presentation that illustrates these connections. explain the similarities and differences between each character pair. finally draw conclusion about your comparisons and contrast of characters. specifically what is it that you conclude about the authors message in each work. is it similar or different?

“simile” by n. scott momaday what did we say to each other that now we are as the deer who walk in single file with heads high with ears forward with eyes watchful with hooves always placed on firm ground in whose limbs there is latent flight source: momaday, n. scott. “simile.” the language of literature. new york: mcdougal littell, 2006. 265. print. which of the following techniques does this poem use? i. simile ii. sensory imagery iii. allusion i and ii i and iii ii and iii i only