Choose a vowel sound (A, E, I, O, U, Y). Write a silly, “tongue-twister” paragraph using that letter sound as many times as you can. Create a character (like Bad Vlad or Silly Billy) whose name includes that vowel sound, and then tell a funny story about them. Try writing words with more than one syllable — a rhyming dictionary can help.

Read these excerpts. lincoln's "gettysburg address." it is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. whitman's "o captain! my captain! ". exult, o shores, and ring, o bells! but i, with mournful tread, walk the deck my captain lies, fallen cold and dead. which rhetorical appeal do both excerpts use? logos: the use of logic to convince the audience pathos: the use of emotional appeals to affect the audience’s feelings brevity: writing or speaking that is short, brief, and to the point ethos: the use of authority to persuade the audience to act the right way

Read this excerpt from "the bear." he is in his grave, and i have buried myself between four walls. . we are both dead. what is revealed about character in this quote?

Which two sentences are written in subjunctive mood? take this money and go buy some clothes for yourself. i was happy because i passed the test, which i studied for. if only my umbrella would fix itself, then i could go out in this weather. i'm going on a trip to canada, but i'm not taking you with me. if i were the thief, i would have turned myself in before i got caught.