1. the first english essayist biography 2. a famous example of hyperbole the novel 3. authored the federalist papers alexander hamilton and james madison 4. the life story of an individual autobiography 5. a written attempt to express an idea fiction 6. vignettes addison and steele 7. a true relation carl sandburg 8. narrative prose essay 9. life compared to an insect, the ephemera the paul bunyan stories 10. a genre of fiction benjamin franklin 11. authored abraham lincoln's biography patrick henry's famous speech 12. two englishmen who popularized the essay character sketches 13. the story of one's own life first book written in america 14. "give me liberty or give me death" francis bacon

Demonstrating understanding of jem's development one way to demonstrate understanding of character and theme is by writing from the perspective of a character. for this assignment, compose a short poem from the perspective of jem. your poem should detail his feelings about either a. his father, atticus or b. mrs. dubose. the poem must accurately trace the progression of jem's attitudes and beliefs, highlighting the important events and shifts in his perspective detailed above. your writing should also sound like jem, using voice and word choice that reflects the voice and word choice found in the novel. the poem can be a free poem (meaning it does not need to rhyme or follow a particular format). it should be a minimum of twenty-lines in length, have a title, and follow conventional rules of spelling, grammar, and punctuation.