“The hidden history of secret passages” 15) What can you infer about the author's purpose in writing this passage?

A) It is to entertain the reader by telling jokes about the
secret passages.
B) It is to describe in detail the way different secret
passages were constructed.
C) It is to persuade the reader that the North deserved
to win the American Civil War.
D) It is to inform the reader about the various uses of
secret passages in different historical settings.

50 ! your poem must include the following: ● poetic form: lines and stanzas (not paragraphs! ) o your poem needs to be at least 10 lines long. ● sensory details/strong imagery o “paint a picture” and/or create an emotion with your words, word choice is key in poetry ● figurative language o include at least one of the following: metaphor, simile, and/or personification (click here for more info. on these) ● sound devices o include at least one of the following: repetition, rhyme, rhythm, meter, onomatopoeia, and/or alliteration (click here for more info. on these) ● labels o underneath your poem, include the words from the poem that represent the figurative language and sound devices and label them o examples: booming bombs - alliteration; like a firefly - simile you so