Communicating Ideas in Different Ways In this task, you will assess one of your diary entries and then use the same topic to write either a one-page narrative essay or informative essay.

Part A

First, look again at the prompts that you chose as topics for your diary entries. What terms or phrases were unclear to you when you first read the prompt? Examine these terms and phrases, and explain what you learned about them during the process of researching and writing your entry. If none of the terms were unclear to you, explain your prior knowledge of the term or phrase and how this knowledge helped guide your research.

What is the main theme reflected in this excerpt from "ulysses" by alfred, lord tennyson?

Read the following excerpt from life on the mississippi by mark twain. no girl could withstand his charms. he "cut out" every boy in the village. when his boat blew up at last, it diffused a tranquil contentment among us such as we had not known for months. but when he came home the next week, alive, renowned, and appeared in church all battered up and bandaged, a shining hero, stared at and wondered over by everybody, it seemed to us that the partiality of providence for an undeserving reptile had reached a point where it was open to criticism. how does twain's use of understatement serve his purpose? be sure to use specific details from the text to support your answer.

The physical injuries thaqt the narrator and other soldiers suffer in ernest hemingways in another country are reprsentative of