Prompt choice 1 (narrative essay) read the prompt below and write a well-developed narrative essay. have you ever had to adapt to a sudden change? how did you do it? what you prepare? write a narrative of your experience. **be sure that your narrative has a clear beginning, middle, and end. use your mature voice, specific details, sensory descriptions, and dialogue. proofread your work before submitting.

Mother’s decision was final. “We have to leave as soon as you finish the final test.” “But, Mom…” were the only words, I and my brother were able to say. Right there and then, we saw her book our plane tickets; call the cleaning maid to help her pack our stuff and leave some which would be donated to charity and to the maid’s children.

We tried to keep our departure secret but our classmates noticed our lack of enthusiasm when they discussed about the end of school parties and outings. The feeling of parting overwhelmed us. We had no choice but to leave. My Mom would be assigned to our home country as the head of office. We had to be where she was.

Luckily, I and my brother were allowed to join the swimming party on the last day of the exam day. We went home very tired and were off to the airport after a few hours of sleep. We barely had enough time to recall the other day’s event when we landed and met our cousins for the first time after six years. We were awkward at first but when we began talking about where we used to hang out and enjoyed the local food, we felt more at ease.

The next few days were spent touring our favorite places in our home town such as the old church, our grandma’s huge house, the biggest mall in the place. We sang, danced and ate a lot. Just then, I realized, “We’re finally home!”

the excerpt from chapter 2 of "animal farm", by george orwell that is an example of foreshadowing is "these three (snowball, napoleon, and squealer) had elaborated old major's teachings into a complete system of thought to which they gave the name of animalism." animal farm is an allegory of how czarist russia developed into communist russia with all its corruption. old major's teachings represent marx's theories turned into communism, animalism, by the three pigs. this foreshadows the oppression and corruption that will follow this revolt.

the correct answer is d. a discussion of specific uses of alliteration

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when you are critiquing or evaluating a poem, you will mostly pay attention to the theme, as well as figures of speech and rhythm. alliteration is a figure of speech where consonants are repeated in neighboring words - and it is important for analysis of sound and rhythm, which is why it might appear in the evaluation of that poem.