Select an adult who is 30 years or older to interview. This person can be a parent, grandparent, neighbor, teacher, etc. Ask your interviewee to identify three words or phrases used when he or she was your age and tell what those words or phrases meant.

Based on the meanings of the three examples you collected, identify current words or phrases used today that have the same meaning as those from 30+ years ago.

Write a brief explanation, detailing what you learned from this interview on our evolving language and what factors you feel might influence language to continually change.

Which of the following is not a common response to feeling stressed on the road? a.crippling indecision b.enhanced reflexes c.lethargic reactions

Langston hughes cited walt whitman as one of his greatest influences and some believe that hughes wrote "i, too, sing america" in response to whitman's "i hear america singing." using on whitman's poem. consider aspects such as structure, there, word, choice, etc., as you craft your response. your response will be scored on how well you: -demonstrate your understanding of the ideas of the text -use evidence from the text to develop and support your ideas -organize your response in a logical manner -demonstrate an appropriate writing style through the use of precise word choice and varied sentences -use standard conventions for writing

If the author of the gift of the magi had made the reader aware of the gifts that jim had purchased in the beginning of the story this would be an example of