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-Compare and contrast the authors’ themes in Sara Teasdale’s poem, “There Will Come Soft Rains,” and Ray Bradbury’s short story “August 2026: There Will Come Soft Rains.” -After comparing and contrasting explain why the author included the poem within his short story. -Compose an argument and support your claims with valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence from the text, including direct quotes and page numbers. -Use specific details from both works to support your answer.

Write a five paragraph analysis of a character from your independent novel you are reading. The introduction needs to capture the readers attention and make them want to read the rest of your analysis. Give a brief overview of the story and how your character fits into the story. In the body you need to show how the character is identified and what his/her traits are in the beginning of the story using examples and textual evidence to prove your analysis. In the next paragraph you must show how the character changes and is portrayed in the middle of the story using examples and textual evidence. The next paragraph will show how the character has evolved and has changed in the end of the story by using examples and textual evidence. In the conclusion show what you have learned from this character.

Students will present textual evidence supporting a particular theme for 12 Angry Men.

Students will read a passage and write the supporting details and the main idea.

Choose one of the three prompts given in class. Develop a well organized 4-5 paragraph essay supporting your analysis.

Analyze the themes of anger, confusion, and fear by examining the complex characters development over the course of a text including how the characters interacted with each other.

How does Dr. King's use of rhetorical devices (appeals, allusions, repetition) advance his purpose and develop his tone in the "Letter from a Birmingham Jail"?

Write a rhetorical analysis explaining which speech was more effective in utilizing rhetorical appeals in Act III, Scene ii-Antony or Brutus.

Write a rhetorical analysis explaining which speech was more effective in utilizing rhetorical appeals in Act III, Scene ii-Antony or Brutus.

Defend the claim that Atticus Finch is a genuinely moral literary character.