Read the following passage, an excerpt from an email newsletter: During the congressional recess, Representative Smythe
will appear at a local community center. It is our intention
to greet him with a warm welcome and invite him to the
spelling bee we will be holding outside the center. We
encourage him to participate and will offer him words we
know he can spell, like cruelty and ignorance.
What information would be necessary for a reader to understand that the
passage is meant as satire?
O A. The representative was only recently elected to Congress and
received a private-school education.
OB. The representative recently stated, "I don't see why we should fund
antipoverty programs. I can't even spell poverty, because I see so
little of it."
O C. The representative recently embarrassed himself when he failed
to correctly spell a word in a classroom he was visiting.
O D. The representative's name is often misspelled as "Smith, which he
often has to correct.

What effects does roosevelt hope to have on americans with his apeal to emotion

Frequently the subject of blues songs has to do with some challenge or problem faced by the writer. everyone faces personal challenges. sometimes music us deal with these problems. do you know of times when music has you or people that you know cope with difficult situations? think about your life experiences and challenges or the experiences of someone you know. then write your own twelve-bar blues song that describes one such experience that you or another person has had. your blues song should have three verses. you may write a fourth verse for extra credit. each verse you write should have three phases and should be written in call-and-response form. the first two phases of each verse should describe the experience, challenge, or problem and should act as your “call” phrases. the third phrase should describe the solution to your challenge or problem, or the next step in your story, and should act as your “response” phrase. review “sneaker blues” to see an example of a call-and-response song with three verses. “sneaker blues” my sneakers got a hole and my feet are killing me; my sneakers got a hole and my feet are killing me; i’m gonna get my sneakers fixed just you wait and see. the man said twenty dollars; you have got to be kidding me; the man said twenty dollars; you have got to be kidding me; twenty dollars is what he said, i might have to let them be. the hole in my sneakers is getting bigger every day; the hole in my sneakers is getting bigger every day; twenty dollars is what he said, that’s what i’ll have to pay. write your song title and verses as the answers to the questions. after you have written your song, try putting it to music using one of the online music samples. original twelve-bar blues song (2 points) score 1. title(6 points) score 2. verse 1line 1: line 2: line 3: (6 points) score 3. verse 2 line 1: line 2: line 3: (6 points) score 4. verse 3 line 1: line 2: line 3:

In me thou see'st the glowing of such fire that on the ashes of his youth doth lie, as the deathbed whereon it must expire consumed with that which it was nourished by. which theme do these lines best support? a. all people grow old and die. b. in old age, people grow like a fire. c. flames turn everything to ash d. fire glows and burns