Prescriptive Test
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TIEREVO
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Read this excerpt from The People Could Ely
"Goodie-bye!" The old man called Toby spoke to them, poor souls! And he was flyin gone.
So they say. The Overseer told it. The one called Master said it was a lie, a trick of the light. The Diwer kept his mouth shut
Which element of folktale is included in this excerpt?
It has one version and is recounted the same way every time,
It has different versions, depending on the storyteller,
It is a story that relates to real historical events,
It is passed down to generations through the written word,
ETO
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1.   in sonnet 18, the speaker wants to describe the beauty of his love, but can’t find the words to do so. the speaker says “then in mid-utterance the lay was lost” when he tries to think of the words to describe his love’s beauty.   through his defeat of finding words to describe his love, he shows his love for her.

2.   instead of describing how perfect his love is or comparing her to other beautiful things, he says she is average and there is nothing special about her.   at the last 2 lines of the poem, the volta changes the poem by saying that even though his love is average in beauty, his love for her is special and unique. so instead of praising her throughout the whole poem, he contrasts her average characteristics with his special love for her.

3.   the beloved asked the speaker to describe how he feels about her. she begins to describe what she feels but "drop the torch" and says that she can't do it because the words "hid in me out of reach." the the speaker says "nay, let the silence of my womanhood command my woman-love to thy belief" and that her silence will have to be the answer to his question.

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being surrounded by crimes, poverty, and failing schools as well as his own lack of confidence in his abilities.