The author states, “While this country cannot dictate to the government of Singapore, no one should fail to exhort it to behave mercifully.” Both dictate and exhort have to do with telling another person or group what to do. What shades of meaning distinguish the two words as used in this sentence? Look the words up in a dictionary if you need to clarify their meanings.

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.