Read the excerpt from "The Red-Headed League." We then went around the comer and walked along the
next street. We saw a row of businesses. Holmes
pointed to them in order.

Which story element in the excerpt would readers most
likely relate to their own lives?

Plot
theme
character
setting

"a dream deferred" what happens to a dream deferred? does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? or fester like a sore- and then run? does it stink like rotten meat? or crust and sugar over- like a syrupy sweet? maybe it just sags like a heavy load. or does it explode? by langston hughes use the task 3 link as needed to locate terms. what does this poem say? 1 point what is the structure of this poem? 1 point what images does this poem create in your mind?