What other senses can you use besides sight to recreate the images of "Petals on a wet, black bough"? Explain.

When you read about the engineer's decision to visit the two women after retiring, what did you foresee happening?

How does the ambivalence add to the literary quality of "A Rose for Emily"?

Steinbeck uses the words dragging, turning aside for nothing, and thrashed slowly to illustrate the turtle. (a) What effect do these words have on your perception of the turtle? (b) How do you think Steinbeck wants readers to react to the turtle?

Explain the significance of place to the speakers in each poem.

In what tone of voice do you visualize the grass speaks?

Choose one word from the vocabulary list below and use it in a sentence criticizing a sibling who always wants more possessions.

suffice, insatiable, slovenly, dominion, palpable, derivative, literalist

What picture of American history does this poem create? Do you think this poem suggests that American history is a story of continuous progress? Justify.

(a) Choose one key image from each poem that captures the poet's beliefs about poetry. Explain your choice. (b) How do the poets' ideas about poetry compare? (c) How do they contrast?

Are both the neighbor's and the speaker's ideas about the value of walls valid? Justify.

Analyze: Are Dexter's principles and ideals influenced by the times in which he lived, or would his feelings for Judy Jones have been the same in any era? Discuss.

(a) Recollect: In line below, who or what does Prufrock see? (b) Make a Judgment: Do you think Prufrock is just afraid of death, or are his fears more complicated? Discuss.

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Clarify the sequence of events introduced in this story by rearranging them in chronological order.

What values do you think are important to Emily? What do you think of Emily's values? Justify.