You are supposed to choose more than one! select the following that describe a legend: a. a story that opens in medias res b. a story that often uses long, involved, complex comparisons c. king arthur would be found in this type of story. d. a story that explains how zeus became king of the gods e. a story that seems believable but has not been proven true f. a story that begins by invoking a muse g. a cultural story that explains how the sun and moon got into the sky h. a story told as a historical event i. a story that explains how the world came to be j. a story that tells about a hero's quest

Write a researched argument essay in which you take a position that reality television does or does not offer value to society. provide a claim and three reasons to support your claim. you must include evidence from multiple sources to support your claim as well.

Follow the directions (and example) given to create your own sonnet. william shakespeare's sonnet 130 my mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun, coral is far more red, than her lips red, if snow be white, why then her breasts are dun: if hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head: i have seen roses damasked, red and white, but no such roses see i in her cheeks, and in some perfumes is there more delight, than in the breath that from my mistress reeks. i love to hear her speak, yet well i know, that music hath a far more pleasing sound: i grant i never saw a goddess go, my mistress when she walks treads on the ground. and yet by heaven i think my love as rare, as any she belied with false compare. instructions: write fourteen lines of iambic pentameter. use a sonnet rhyme scheme. use the first eight lines to set up your idea (the octave). use the last six lines to conclude your idea (sestet). (variety may be added by including a substitute foot from time to time such as the two anapests in line 3 above.) work in small groups giving each other feedback. reading the sonnet aloud allows you to hear the words and rhythms of the lines. generate questions that will clarify the use of words and forms. for example: was the idea of the sonnet presented in the first eight lines? how was sound used to enhance the meaning of the sonnet?

Reread lines 213-258. what details does hamlet want to know about his father’s ghost