“the tyger” by william blake tyger tyger, burning bright, in the forests of the night; what immortal hand or eye, could frame thy fearful symmetry? in what distant deeps or skies burnt the fire of thine eyes! on what wings dare he aspire? what the hand, dare seize the fire? and what shoulder, & what art, could twist the sinews of thy heart? and when thy heart began to beat, what dread hand? & what dread feet? what the hammer? what the chain, in what furnace was thy brain? what the anvil? what dread grasp, dare its deadly terrors clasp? when the stars threw down their spears and water’d heaven with their tears: did he smile his work to see? did he who made the lamb make thee? tyger, tyger burning bright, in the forests of the night: what immortal hand or eye, dare frame thy fearful symmetry? **in “the tyger,” what conclusion can be drawn about the tiger’s creator? ** a) its creator is happy and easy-going. b) its creator is passionate and energetic. c) its creator is aggressive and mean. d) its creator is clever and charming.

If you were starving, what would you do for food? "condensed milk" tells the story of a political prisoner in a russian gulag (a forced-labor camp) who is faced with a choice: stay in the gulag—working and starving—or escape from the prison and risk dying. what choice would you make? historical context: from 1929 to 1953, joseph stalin was the dictator of the soviet union. his goal was to transform the soviet union from a poor society into a world superpower. he used terror and violence to rule, and under his reign, millions of his own people died in work camps, from starvation due to famine, or by execution. select a detail to support the idea that russian gulags treated prisoners cruelly. prisoners faced choices. prisoners had to work. prisoners tried to escape. prisoners were starving.

Marvell's poem is in fact an argument consisting of three logically related points. in at least 150 words, identify each point and trace the speaker's argument from proposition to conclusion. you may find it to identify the transitional word or phrase that marks the beginning of each part of the argument. support your analysis of the argument with details from the poem.

Read this passage: many manufacturers prefer plastic as a material for containers because it can be molded into many shapes. but plastic is not very strong. it must be fused with glass or steel for strength. it is also not very durable. even the strongest plastic can break under enough pressure. the biggest disadvantage to using plastic is that it does not decompose. while plastic can be recycled, doing so is tedious and difficult. while it may be more expensive and difficult to work with, aluminum is a much stronger building material with far greater tensile strength. it conducts electricity because it is metal. best of all, aluminum is very easy to recycle. even if it is thrown away, it decomposes much more quickly than most manufacturing materials. how does the compare-and-contrast organizational pattern of the passage support the author's purpose? a. the passage gradually leads up to the point about decomposition to inform the reader about the importance of recycling plastics. b. the passage lists the advantages and disadvantages of each material to make a case for the use of plastic and not aluminum in containers. c. the passage begins with a description of plastic's problems in order to call attention to the good qualities of aluminum. d. the passage shows the superiority of aluminum in order to make a case for the production of stronger plastics.