DIRECTIONS: Take a close look at the words “give and Giving”
In one paragraph (5 or more sentences) explain what these words mean to you. Please include the following information

Are you a giver?
What are the things you like to give?
What holiday do you see people GIVING more?
If you could bless one person with a gift, who would it be and what would you give

What about the sentence structure in this passage build suspense

Which resource is most useful for finding the correct spelling of words?

Read the excerpt below from the poem "exile" by julia alvarez and answer the question that follows. i let myself lie back in deep waters, my arms out like jesus' on his cross, and instead of sinking down like i'd always done, magically, that night, i could stay up, floating out past the driveway, past the gates, in the black ford, papi grim at the wheel, winding through the back roads, stroke by difficult stroke, out on the highway, heading toward the coast. which literary device is used in the comparison between the speaker's experience of fleeing the country and floating in the ocean? i let myself lie back in deep waters, my arms out like jesus' on his cross, and instead of sinking down like i'd always done, magically, that night, i could stay up, extended metaphor symbolism simile theme