Draft a thesis statement that fully responds to the writing prompt. You may refer to the steps and methods in the Checklist section as a guide while you write your thesis statement. Writing Prompt: Margaret Atwood once said, “War is what happens when language fails.” Is this quote true, in your experience? What disagreements or conflicts have occurred because language failed? Cite evidence from at least one text (Night or Julius Caesar) and from one real-world situation in your response.

Can you describe the word chalk without saying the words chalk or chalky? (type your own definition of the word.)

Identify the gerund phrase, the subject of the verb can be. a) eating ice cream on a hot summer day can be a messy experience. b) eating ice cream on a hot summer day can be a messy experience. c) eating ice cream on a hot summer day can be a messy experience. eliminate d) eating ice cream on a hot summer day can be a messy experience.

Read the excerpt from act v, scene iii of romeo and juliet. juliet: go, get thee hence, for i will not away. [exit friar laurence.] what’s here? a cup, clos’d in my true love’s hand? poison, i see, hath been his timeless end. o churl! drunk all, and left no friendly drop to me after! i will kiss thy lips; haply, some poison yet doth hang on them, to make me die with a restorative. [kisses him.] which tragic flaw of juliet’s character is reflected in this excerpt? a) her optimistic way of seeing the world b) her tendency to act without forethought c) her tendency to act out of vengeance d) her carefree way of living life