A total solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes completely in front of the sun. There are
five phases of a total solar eclipse. During the
first phase, the partial eclipse phase, the moon
begins to pass in front of the sun, blocking a
fraction of it. Second, the total eclipse phase
begins and the moon blocks the light from the
sun when viewed from a specific location. The
third phase, called the totality, is the specific
point when the moon completely covers the sun.
In this phase, the sky becomes dark as the
umbra, or complete shadow of the moon, totally
hides the sun's rays, bathing the earth in
darkness. In one of the most dramatic elements
of a total solar eclipse, the sun's corona, or upper
atmosphere, shines all around the moon, which
appears black against the fiery halo of the
corona. During the fourth phase, the total eclipse
ends when the moon begins to move away from
the sun and the sky lightens. Finally, in the fifth
phase, the moon moves completely out of line
with the sun and the eclipse ends.
Which of these best states the main idea?

a. The third phase, called the totality, is the
specific point when the moon completely covers
the sun.

b. During the fourth phase, the total eclipse ends
when the moon begins to move away from the
sun and the sky lightens.

c. There are five phases of a total solar eclipse.

d. In one of the most dramatic elements of a total
solar eclipse, the sun's corona, or upper
atmosphere, shines all around the moon, which
appears black against the fiery halo of the
corona.

Read the following excerpts that illustrate darl's and cash's points of view from william faulkner's as i lay dying : from darl: read the following excerpts that illustrate darl's and cash's points of view from william faulkner's  as i lay dying: from darl: tull's wagon stands beside the spring, hitched to the rail, the reins wrapped about the seat stanchion. in the wagon bed are two chairs. jewel stops at the spring and takes the gourd from the willow branch and drinks. i pass him and mount the path, beginning to hear cash's saw.when i reach the top he has quit sawing. standing in a litter of chips, he is fitting two of the boards together. between the shadow spaces they are yellow as gold, like soft gold, bearing on their flanks in smooth undulations the marks of the adze blade: a good carpenter, cash is. he holds the two planks on the trestle, fitted along the edges in a quarter of the finished box. he kneels and squints along the edge of them, then he lowers them and takes up the adze. a good carpenter. addie bundren could not want a better one, better box to lie in. it will give her confidence and comfort. i go on to the house, followed by the          chuck.          chuck.          chuck.of the adze.from cash: i made it on the bevel.there is more surface for the nails to grip.there is twice the gripping-surface to each seam.the water will have to seep into it on a slant. water moves easiest up and down or straight across.in a house people are upright two thirds of the time. so the seams and joints are made up-and-down. because the stress is up-and-down.in a bed where people lie down all the time, the joints and seams are made sideways, because the stress is sideways.except.a body is not square like a crosstie.animal magnetism.the animal magnetism of a dead body makes the stress come slanting, so the seams and joints of a coffin are made on a bevel.compare how the two narrators tell the story of addie bundren's impending death. is either narrator reliable? explain what the reader learns about each narrator. be sure to use specific details from the text to support your answer.

In the play "sorry wrong number"which part of the story can you find heightened tension and suspense?

The harlem renaissance dawned in an era of pervasive racism and segregation. although legally "free," many african americans were still bound by ideas that had their roots in the slavery of earlier centuries. identity and freedom are important ideas presented in many of the poems from the harlem renaissance. furthermore, the values of identity and freedom are not unique to particular times and places. as hughes expresses in "dream variations," all humans want to be able to develop their identities in freedom. what role does freedom play in the poems you read in this unit? what is required of a society to enable each individual to be true to his or her identity and be free to live by that identity? write about at least three of the poems, describing how the poet uses imagery to depict freedom and identity, the lack of it, or the desire for it.