Blog

Identify the source of the line(s): “Madame Valmonde had never removed her eyes from the child. She lifted it an walked with it over to the window that was lightest”

He was given an honorary Ph.D. from Harvard

Identify the story that best correlates with the image:   

In “Soldier’s Home,” what does Harold Krebs struggle with upon returning home from the war?

“Do I dare / Disturb the universe?” and “No! I am not Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be;” and “I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each. / I do not think that they will sing to me”

“I, too, dislike it; there are things that are important beyond all this fiddle”

Where is “Soldier’s Home” set? 

Identify the source of the line(s): “But Microscopes are prudent / In an Emergency!”

“These fragments I have shored against my ruins / Why then Ile fit you. Hieronymo’s mad againe. / Datta. Dayadhvam. Damyata. / Shantih     shantih     shantih”

In “The Open Boat,” Stephen Crane uses repetition of the lines, “If I am going to be drowned—if I am going to be drowned—if I am going to be drowned, why, in the name of the seven mad gods who rule the sea, was I allowed to come this far and contemplate sand and trees?”  How does this repetition contribute to the tone and the overall meaning of the story? Rubric: 2 points: begins by clearly answering the prompt 4 points: provides reasons, explanations, and/or evidence to support answer 2 points: uses correct grammar and punctuation