"A Valentine" by Edgar Allan Poe 1.For her this rhyme is penned whose luminous eyes, 2.Brightly expressive as the twins of Leda, 3.Shall find her own sweet name, that nestling lies 4.Upon the page, enwrapped from every reader. 5.Search narrowly the lines!-they hold a treasure 6.Divine-a talisman-an amulet 7.That must be worn at heart. Search well the measure- 8.The words-the syllables! Do not forget 9.The trivialest point, or you may lose your labor 10.And yet there is in this no Gordian knot 11.Which one might not undo without a sabre, 12.If one could merely comprehend the plot. 13.Enwritten upon the leaf where now are peering 14.Eyes scintillating soul, there lie perdus 15.Three eloquent words oft uttered in the hearing 16.Of poets, by poets-as the name is a poet's, too, 17.Its letters, although naturally lying 18.Like the knight Pinto-Mendez Ferdinando- 19.Still form a synonym for Truth-Cease trying! 20.You will not read the riddle, though you do the best you can do. Based on the lines of poetry directly after line 1, what is the best definition for luminous eyes in line 1? (5 points) a Brightly expressive b Angrily glaring c Sympathetically peering d Playfully searching

Awriter wants to develop an argument on the following topic: the voting age write a claim and counterclaim based on this topic. clearly identify your claim and counterclaim.

Demonstrating understanding of jem's development one way to demonstrate understanding of character and theme is by writing from the perspective of a character. for this assignment, compose a short poem from the perspective of jem. your poem should detail his feelings about either a. his father, atticus or b. mrs. dubose. the poem must accurately trace the progression of jem's attitudes and beliefs, highlighting the important events and shifts in his perspective detailed above. your writing should also sound like jem, using voice and word choice that reflects the voice and word choice found in the novel. the poem can be a free poem (meaning it does not need to rhyme or follow a particular format). it should be a minimum of twenty-lines in length, have a title, and follow conventional rules of spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

Read the passage. excerpt from "why equal pay is worth fighting for" by senator elizabeth warren, april 17, 2014 i honestly can't believe that we're still arguing over equal pay in 2014. when i started teaching elementary school after college, the public school district didn't hide the fact that it had two pay scales: one for men and one for women. women have made incredible strides since then. but 40 years later, we're still debating equal pay for equal work. women today still earn only 77 cents for every dollar a man earns, and they're taking a hit in nearly every occupation. bloomberg analyzed census data and found that median earnings for women were lower than those for men in 264 of 265 major occupation categories. in 99.6 percent of occupations, men get paid more than women. that's not an accident; that's discrimination. the effects of this discrimination are real, and they are long lasting. today, more young women go to college than men, but unequal pay makes it harder for them to pay back student loans. pay inequality also means a tougher retirement for women. . for middle-class families today, it usually takes two incomes to get by, and many families depend as much on mom's salary as they do on dad's, if not more. women are the main breadwinners, or joint breadwinners, in two-thirds of the families across the country, and pay discrimination makes it that much harder for these families to stay afloat. women are ready to fight back against pay discrimination, but it's not easy. today, a woman can get fired for asking the guy across the hall how much money he makes. here in the senate, sen. barbara mikulski (d-md.) introduced the paycheck fairness act to give women the tools to combat wage discrimination. it would ensure that salary differences have something to do with the actual job that they are doing, and not just because they are women. senator warren states that the effects of pay discrimination are long-lasting. is this a valid argument supported by accurate evidence? no; warren weakens her point by claiming that the paycheck fairness act would "give women the tools to combat wage discrimination." yes; warren supports her point by noting, "for middle-class families today, it usually takes two incomes to get by." yes; warren supports her point by noting, "pay inequality also means a tougher retirement for women." no; warren weakens her point by noting, "today, a woman can get fired for asking the guy across the hall how much money he makes."