No stir in the air, no stir in the sea, the ship was still as she could be; her sails from heaven received no motion, her keel was steady in the ocean.

what is the rhyme scheme of this stanza?

a. cdcd

b. abab

c. aabb

d. abca

Indicate which statement best summarizes how john proctor feels toward the reverend parris based on his statenents of him in the crucible.

The attitude the speaker in this poem holds toward himself can best be described as

Read the excerpt from “take the tortillas out of your poetry.” i do not believe we should have to leave out the crucial elements of our language and culture to contribute to american literature, but, unfortunately, this is a conclusion i am forced to reach. i have been writing for a quarter century, and have been a published author for eighteen years. as a writer, i was part of the chicano movement which created a new literature in this country. which type of rhetoric is used most in the excerpt to convince readers that anaya’s conclusion is accurate? an appeal based on emotion an appeal based on logic an appeal based on the author’s character an appeal based on the author’s feelings