Written Response  Answer the following questions based on your knowledge of the poem. How does Whitman express the theme of the poem?

Which sentence signals a plot twist about halfway through the story?

What did Sergei give up when he used his last wish?

A nurse is providing discharge instructions to a patient prescribed tetracycline. Which of the following statements should the nurse include in the teaching? Select all that apply.  

Based on how Gregor’s parents and the chief clerk react when they see Gregor, readers can infer that

Expressive conduct is protected by the First Amendment.

Whitman includes sensory details such as “moist night air” to

In the text, John Miller says, “By adding a little noise to the system you produce coherence in the flow.” In this sentence, the word noise refers to

Which statement best describes the history of the lottery in the village?

Compare and contrast the image in the first stanza of the kite that the wind keeps “in the air above the trees” (line 8) and the image in the last stanza of the “black umbrella, / blooming like an ancient flower.” What might each image represent for the immigrant family?