What is the central idea of this excerpt? The sun and stars are lovelier than jewels and shine just as bright. Even fine cloth is made from the thread of simple sheep’s wool. Gold is a big pile of metal and should not give anyone more power. Utopians are surprised by the great value placed on jewels, cloth, and gold.

Answer:

the central idea of this excerpt is that material possessions do not seem to be as beautiful as nature itself, as pointed out in the excerpt, 'the sun and stars are lovelier than jewels and shine just as bright', showing that the jewels, material possessions, are not even close in beauty and value to that of the sun and stars. Similarly, in the sentence 'Utopians are surprised by the great value placed on jewels, cloth, and gold.', which says that utopians are people who do not value materialistic goods, rather choosing to stick to the beauty of natural and far more beautiful simple objects, which do not complicate their lives.

Answer:

D. Utopians are surprised by the great value placed on jewels, cloth, and gold.

Explanation:

What are the symbols associated with Aphrodite??

Her favorite book is East of Eden.
Which of the following revises this sentence to include a prepositional phrase?

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Retell the story in your own words. Create a storyboard with 5 panels. There will be one panel for each of the following parts of the novel: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. Your panel must be detailed and colorful. Under each of the panels, you need to write a brief summary of the events in that section (25-50 words).

Comic Strip Create a 5-picture comic strip teaching a younger student about what life would’ve been like in the south during the 1930s. Include captions or dialogue bubbles to retell the story along with pictures. You can use Canva’s pre-made templates and graphics to create your comic strip: Free online comic strip maker

Diary Entry Write a diary entry from the point of view of Calpurnia, Miss Maudie, Atticus, Tom Robinson, or Judge Taylor. Pick a day in the character’s life (from the novel) that you think is the most important for that character. Write what this character was thinking and feeling. Think about what this character might know (even if Scout does not know it). You should have at least 2 paragraphs with 5-7 sentences.

Soundtrack Create a PG rated soundtrack for the novel. Choose songs from multiple genres of music that fit - theme, setting, characters, conflict, tone/mood of the novel or a specific part, a specific plot event, etc. You will need 5 songs from multiple genres (pop, hip-hop, country, rock, etc.) For each song, you need the title, the artist’s name, and a few sentences describing how the song fits the novel using evidence.

Book Review Write a review of the book. Explain what you liked or did not like. Evaluate the story line, style and word choice used by the book. Explain why each element worked or did not work. Give a star rating on a scale of 1-5 stars (1=low and 5=high). You should have 3 paragraphs with 5-7 sentences.

Letter to a character Write a letter in the point of view of a character to another about their experiences in the story. For example, you could write as Jem writing to Dill describing what happened the night he was attacked by Bob Ewell. Minimum 250 words.

Book Alphabet Create an alphabet for details from the book. Each letter from the alphabet will represent something from the novel. EX: D: Discrimination or L: Lawyer (Atticus’s job). You can use two letters twice in place of X and Z.

Found Poem Write a found poem from a specific scene from the novel. Identify words, phrases, and details that stand-out. The found poem should be a minimum of 10 lines. Look for more instructions here on writing a found poem.

Time Capsule Choose 5 items from the novel that would be placed into a time capsule to be opened 50 years in the future. Explain the significance of each item. EX:The two soap figurines that Boo Radley left in the tree knothole for the kids.

What is the first step to analyzing the effect of word choice on tone?

Click to read "I Am Offering this Poem," by Jimmy Santiago Baca. Then
answer the question.
Which line(s) from this poem contain(s) a metaphor?
A. It's all I have to give, / and all anyone needs to live,
B. Keep it like a warm coat
C. I love you,
D. so it is a pot full of yellow corn / to warm your belly in winter