THE POETRY OF MONEY
John F. Kennedy once said "If more politicians knew poetry, and more poets knew politics, I am convinced the world would
be a better place in which to live." Consider how art, including poetry, reflects the struggles of individuals and society.
Money has long been an indicator of success in the modern economy, so of course It features in modern poetry.
Read the following poems. Choose one poem and write a 250 word essay that addresses the author's purpose, how they
get that purpose across, and how the piece relates to economic roles.
The Red Sweater
The Dance
An Inheritance
Victory

He following question refers to the text and graphic below. read the text and view the graphic carefully to you choose the best response. "how 7th grade students at madison middle school use their smart phones" i recently surveyed seventh graders at madison middle school to determine how they used their cell phones. my goal was to determine which daily activities were the most popular. out of 151 seventh graders in our school, 93 of them use smart phones. 57 of those students agreed to track their cell phones usage in a journal for three days. i compared journal statistics and gathered the following data. data revealed that students spent 35 percent of their phone time playing games and using apps. these included games played alone and against friends. it also included social media apps. students spent 21 percent of their time texting and 20 percent of their time listening to music. music included songs downloaded on their phones and music that streamed from other sources.14 percent of cell phone time was spent browsing the internet while 9 percent of the time was spent using the phone to take photographs. most ironically, students reported spending only 1 percent of their time using cell phones to make actual phone calls. image of a graph with the title, how 7th grade students at madison miller middle school use their smart phones. a pie chart is shown with the colours, orange, green, pink, purple, blue and light pink. the following are the present ages. orange 35 percent, games and apps. green, 21 percent, texting. pink 20 percent, music. purple, 14 percent web browsing. blue 9 percent, camera. light pink, 1 percent, phone calls.

2. page 1: schlosser describes "just another gorgeous rocky mountain vista. and yet cheyenne mountain is hardly pristine." why do you think schlosser describes the beautiful cheyenne mountain scene in detail before describing the military installation that lies inside?

Read this excerpt from patrick henry's speech ''give me liberty or give me death.'' what is the main idea of the text