Read lines 5-9 from the poem:

If I could see you in a year, 5
I'd wind the months in balls,
And put them each in separate drawers,
Until their time befalls.

Why might the speaker compare months to balls that he or she would wind and put in drawers?

A) to make fun of people who spend long periods of time waiting for something that will never happen

B) to convey how unimportant the months are compared to seeing the addressee in a year

C) to suggest that a month can seem like an endless amount of time when a person is waiting for something

D) to encourage readers to spend time organizing their personal lives in the coming year

Which type of story uses animals as characters in order to illustrate a general truth about human nature?

You are to write a five paragraph literary essay based on one of the 4 prompts and what you have read and learned in this module. these are your options: 1. how do the events of "the white umbrella" teach the narrator a lesson about shame and acceptance? 2. what role does creativity play in "the bat-poet"? 3. how does the character of squeaky change over the course of "raymond's run"? 4. discuss the influences of older family members on the protagonists and speakers in the stories and poems of this unit. you are to write a five paragraph literary essay based on what you have read and learned in this module. your final submission should meet the following requirements. • submit completed pre-writing and outline documents. • write an essay that contains an introduction with hook and thesis statement, supporting paragraphs with evidence and at least one quotation, and a conclusion that restates the thesis and reviews main points. • use transitions appropriate to the pattern of organization. • use vocabulary to create tone and voice. • cite primary source (quotation). • submit completed revision checklist. • vary sentence structure. • create sentences with parallel structures. • use technology in the writing process.

The dragon wakes is a metaphor for a big event; what is the event how does moonshadows belief about dragons him understand what is happening