Read and compare what two students have to say about baseball. Passage 1 "I hope you can come watch me play this season. My team is the Grove Gators, and we are undefeated. Yay! I play shortstop, and it is hard work. Coach has taught me a few tricks, and I have practiced nonstop. Let's hang out at the ballfield." Passage 2 "Cal Ripken is one of baseball's most famous shortstops. He played for the Baltimore Orioles and won the World Series in 1983. He played the most consecutive baseball games in history." Which similarity is found when comparing these two passages? Both passages are written to explain the rules of baseball. Both passages are written in a casual, informal tone. Both passages mention the shortstop position in baseball. Both passages mention a famous baseball player.

Read the point that is being made and the illustration that follows it. point: gilgamesh is a courageous leader. illustration: enkidu is frightened of humbaba and wants to turn back, but he tells gilgamesh, "you go into the dreadful forest, you kill humbaba and win the fame.” which explanation best connects this illustration to the point being made? enkidu also tells gilgamesh that he “will return now to great-walled uruk” and that all men will know he has been a coward. although enkidu fears for his own life, he is thoughtless and does not necessarily fear for the lives of others. enkidu is deeply fearful of humbaba, and he strongly believes that gilgamesh has the courage and ability to defeat humbaba alone. this proves that enkidu does not believe that anyone can defeat humbaba, even if he thinks gilgamesh should at least try.

How does the play resolve the conflict between conscience and law? creon acts according to the law, not the conscience of advisors, and is punished. each character chooses familial loyalty over civil obedience and is punished. the deaths of haemon and eurydice fulfill the prophecy. creon sentences antigone to death even though haemon asks him to reconsider.

4. interpret how do the speaker's descriptions of and feelings about the wind change as the poem progresses? how does this shift show a change in the tone of the poem?