Whats the authors main purpose? Public schools should put an end to long summer vacations and replace them with short, two-week vacations throughout the year. Over the summer, kids forget most of what they have learned, so teachers have to waste half of the next year reviewing before teaching anything new. If vacations were shorter, kids would not forget as much. They could spend more school time learning new things. Besides, long summer vacations are boring, and most kids end up getting into trouble.

Match the author with the description a. ernest hemingway b. john steinbeck c. robert frost d. langston hughes (1) summers spent in pacific grove, california influenced the symbolism in his literature (2) his poetry includes simple, direct language. many are dramatic monologues written in free verse are about life on new england farms (3) the mood and tone of his literature is largely shaped by his experience as a soldier in world war 1 (4) his poetry and short stories include dialect and colloquialisms which gives his primarily african american characters distinctive voices