Identify the quote by listing 1) the author of the work, 2) the title, 3) the speaker (if any), and 4)  briefly describe in 1-2 sentences what is the significance the quoted passage. (6 points each) “If it is jade, it shatters./ If it is gold, it crumbles./ If it is feather, it rends./ Not forever on earth; but a moment here.” author- work- speaker (if any)- significance (1-2 sentences)- 

Who is the speaker in the poem “Mother to Son”?

Essay Question Using at least three of the assigned readings we went over this semester (not the author biographies), discuss the theme of identity, especially in relation to the world you currently live in. You should explore the meaning of the idea, the importance of it as part of the American identity, and why and/or how you think we should talk about it today. You must use specific examples from at least three texts (summary and paraphrase is fine, so long as you highlight details) AND connections to specific modern real world issues and events (can be personal or non-personal). At least one of the readings should be from this last group of authors, but feel free to use readings from the beginning for the other two as well if you’d like. This should be at least three paragraphs.

This author was born with the name Samuel Clemens–

Identify the quote by listing 1) the author of the work, 2) the title, 3) the speaker (if any), and 4) briefly describe in 1-2 sentences what is the significance the quoted passage.  “It was you that broke the new wood,/ Now is a time for carving./ We have one sap and one root-/ Let there be commerce between us.” author-work-speaker (if any)-significance (1-2 sentences)-

Identify the quote by listing 1) the author of the work, 2) the title, 3) the speaker (if any), and 4) briefly describe in 1-2 sentences what is the significance the quoted passage.  “Dying/ Is an art, like everything else./ I do it exceptionally well./ I do it so it feels like hell./ I do it so it feels real./ I guess you could say I’ve a call.” author-work-speaker (if any)-significance (1-2 sentences)-

Short Answer Imagine a friend must analyze a poem for class. How would you suggest he approach it? List FIVE things you would suggest your friend do or consider when reading the poem. (Hint- Think Poetry Explication). 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.  

Identify the quote by listing 1) the author of the work, 2) the title, 3) the speaker (if any), and 4)  briefly describe in 1-2 sentences what is the significance the quoted passage. (6 points each) “Lots of the boys here has seen that Smiley and can tell you about him. Why, it never made no difference to him—he would bet on anything—the dangdest feller.” author- work- speaker (if any)- significance (1-2 sentences)- 

The influence of Mahatma Gandhi and Henry David Thoreau can be seen in Martin Luther King, Jr.’s speech in that they all stressed the idea of—

e. e. cummings’s poetry-