Describe an unexpected obstacle you have experienced and overcome. How did you approach it and eventually overcome it? Do you think this made you stronger?

The book the sweet hereafter: in three or four paragraphs, compare and contrast the irony of nichole's reasons for lying to the court about the accident to another well-known character who lies that you have encountered in literature. which of these characters had a better reason to lie: your character or nichole? which of these characters got the outcome they hoped for when they told the lie? what does the irony in each story say about the nature of truth and lies? (note: some famous literary liars you might consider writing about are: elizabeth proctor or abigail williams from the crucible; odysseus from the odyssey; romeo from romeo and juliet; tom or daisy buchanan from the great gatsby; arthur dimmesdale from the scarlet letter; the narrator or marla singer from fight club; cyrano or christian from cyrano de bergerac; sheherazhad from arabian nights; huck finn from the adventures of huckleberry finn; pip from great expectations, or a liar of your choice from a book or play you have read/seen)

"spring, the sweet " from summer's last will and testament spring, the sweet spring, is the year's pleasant king, then blooms each thing, then maids dance in a ring, cold doth not sting, the pretty birds do sing: cuckoo, jug-jug 1 , pu-we, to-witta-woo! the palm2 and may3 make country houses gay, lambs frisk and play, the shepherds pipe4 all day and we hear aye5 birds tune this merry lay6: cuckoo, jug-jug, pu-we, to-witta-woo! the fields breathe sweet, the daisies kiss our feet, young lovers meet, old wives a-sunning sit, in every street these tunes our ears do greet: cuckoo, jugjug, pu-we, to-witta-woo! spring, the sweet spring! –thomas nashe jug-jug: sound of the nightingale palm: willow may: hawthorn pipe: play a shepherd's flute aye: always lay: song choose the sense that the poet appeals to in the last two lines of each stanza.

Constructed response paragraph: after reading “the case for short words,” do you think the author makes a convincing case that short words are effective? explain your answer and support it with evidence from the selection.