Interpret President Bush’s quotation: “Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve.” You will first prepare for this writing by working through the steps for writing.
Steps for Writing
1. Examine the quotation. Make a list of important details from the quotation.

2. Make a list of metaphors President Bush used.

3. What message did he want to get across to grieving Americans?

4. Begin the paragraph with a strong introductory sentence about the topic that serves as a hook to your readers. Write the sentence below.

5. Use the quotation within the paragraph and interpret President Bush’s metaphors, using the words, foundation and steel. Be sure to include a strong concluding sentence to close the paragraph. Write the concluding sentence below.

6. Using the work above, write your full paragraph.

Part B
Answer the questions below using complete sentences and textual evidence from this lesson.

1. List three (3) people who demonstrated courageous acts on 9/11. Briefly describe their acts. Choose people who you think had the biggest impact on that day or its aftermath. Explain why you think they had the biggest impact.
Person 1:
Person 2:
Person 3:
2. How has this lesson helped you to understand the events of September 11, 2001? Compose at least two complete sentences.

3. What lesson will you take with you after studying an excerpt of the 9/11 Report?

4. Since there are active Muslim extremist networks in the U. S. today, how can the U. S. officials and military better protect us from the repeat of another 9/11?

5. List two (2) changes made at airports since the attacks.

Adapt the speech you delivered in lesson 2 to an audience of professionals, teachers, and parents. the audience expects a more formal delivery. your listeners also expect you to use media such as images and audio to make your speech more convincing and easier to understand. your assignment should include the following elements: -at least four sources to back up your ideas -media elements to illustrate your ideas -changes to both the style and content of the speech to make it more appropriate to the audience -citations that follow mla guidelines as you revise your presentation, research and cite at least four sources. at least two of these sources must provide supporting evidence, such as charts and graphs or quotes from newspapers or other credible sources. the other two sources can provide material to grab the audience's attention — for example, photos that your audience visualize what you're talking about or music that sets the mood. you can also create original images, but these will not count as sources. here are some types of media that you may use to either show evidence or move the audience: quotes tables, charts, and graphs images video audio (including music) mix up the types of media you use so that no medium is used more than twice. take care that all your sources contribute to your speech in an obvious way. they should either back up what you're saying or make your ideas easier for your audience to understand logically or emotionally. avoid visual aids that are off topic or confusing. ask yourself these questions as you revise: am i still fulfilling the requirements of the speech i gave in lesson 2? is my speech still about a theme in franklin roosevelt's four freedoms speech? do i connect that theme to my own life and to a current issue? are my sources credible and relevant? will they convince an audience of parents, teachers, and professionals? do my media elements enhance my speech? do they set the mood, explain something difficult, or offer convincing proof? do i avoid media elements that are more distracting than ? did i cite my sources according to mla guidelines? did i check my works-cited page against sample works-cited pages to make sure it's correct?

“dylan was a revolutionary,” bruce springsteen said in his 1988 speech inducting dylan into the rock and roll hall of fame. “the way that elvis freed your body, bob freed your mind.” early masterpieces such as “a hard rain’s a-gonna fall” and “visions of johanna” and “like a rolling stone” fueled a debate: are rock lyrics poetry? the answer must be yes, because on thursday, dylan was awarded the highest honor for a writer: the nobel prize in literature. the swedish academy, in making him the first american winner since novelist toni morrison in 1993, cited him for “having created new poetic expressions within the great american song tradition.” –“dylan's nobel prize settles debate: rock lyrics are poetry,” dan deluca what is the best summary of the author’s claim? rock lyrics can be like poetry. bob dylan was a revolutionary. musicians deserve nobel prizes. more americans deserve nobel prizes.

What does robert frost accomplish by using blank verse in his poems he mimics the sound of natural speech. he establishes a sense of formality. he establishes order through rhyme. he makes his poems original by breaking the rules.