Choose one: writing: routine writing: think of a time that you got in trouble for something you believed was unjust, or unfair. compose a letter to critics explaining your actions, and why you believe they were just. make sure to keep the audience in mind. (w.3d, ri.10) written response (argumentative): king emphasizes the idea of “injustice” in his “letter from a birmingham jail.” how does he portray this idea throughout the text? choose a section of the text which you believe king develop or refine his point. (ri.5, 10) writing: argumentative: do you believe we have reached the dream that king spoke of? write about why or why not, and why you feel this way. cite evidence from the speech to support your argument. (w.1ab, 2e, ri.10)

Read the excerpt below from the poem "exile" by julia alvarez and answer the question that follows. i let myself lie back in deep waters, my arms out like jesus' on his cross, and instead of sinking down like i'd always done, magically, that night, i could stay up, floating out past the driveway, past the gates, in the black ford, papi grim at the wheel, winding through the back roads, stroke by difficult stroke, out on the highway, heading toward the coast. which literary device is used in the comparison between the speaker's experience of fleeing the country and floating in the ocean? i let myself lie back in deep waters, my arms out like jesus' on his cross, and instead of sinking down like i'd always done, magically, that night, i could stay up, extended metaphor symbolism simile theme