(1) you may never have thought about it, but life on a farm is very different from life in the city. (2) i know that because i was raised on a farm. (3) then, later on in life, i ended up living in new york city. (4) first of all, life on a farm means taking care of living things. (5) cows and chickens don’t take holidays. (6) they have to be fed every day. (7) there are always chores to do on a farm as well. (8) second, farm life is based on the seasons. (9) during the spring, it’s time for planting. (10) in the fall, it’s time for harvest. (11) these seasons are exhausting. (12) it’s different in the winter. (13) there are always chores, but you have plenty of time to sit by a fire or read a book. (14) on the other hand, life in the city is noisy and fast-paced. (15) people talk faster and walk faster. (16) everyone seems to be in a hurry or trying to succeed at something. (18) also, there are things to do 24 hours a day in new york city. 2. in which sentence do you find a clue that two things are being contrasted? a. sentence 1 b. sentence 2 c. sentence 3 d. sentence 4

Read the excerpt from act 1 of a doll's house. helmer: nora! [goes up to her and takes her playfully by the ear.] the same little featherhead! suppose, now, that i borrowed fifty pounds today, and you spent it all in the christmas week, and then on new year's eve a slate fell on my head and killed me, and— nora: [putting her hands over his mouth]. oh! don't say such horrid things. helmer: still, suppose that happened, —what then? nora: if that were to happen, i don't suppose i should care whether i owed money or not. helmer: yes, but what about the people who had lent it? nora: they? who would bother about them? i should not know who they were. helmer: that is like a woman! but seriously, nora, you know what i think about that. no debt, no borrowing. there can be no freedom or beauty about a home life that depends on borrowing and debt. we two have kept bravely on the straight road so far, and we will go on the same way for the short time longer that there need be any struggle. nora: [moving towards the stove]. as you , torvald. how does the interaction between helmer and nora advance the plot? nora realizes that helmer will completely disapprove of her having borrowed money, so she has to continue to keep it a secret from him. nora realizes that she and helmer have the same ideas about financial issues, and the conversation brings them closer together later in the play. helmer realizes that nora is more responsible with money than he originally thought, and he trusts her more with finances later in the play. nora realizes that helmer knows a lot more about borrowing and lending, and she will seek his input later when she needs it.

Imagine you are reading a story about a character named dray. dray is captain of the basketball team and practices for hours after school in order to achieve his goals of playing in the nba. one day, dray decides that he hates basketball. he quits the team and takes up knitting instead. what is the introduction of this new plot point is an example of a. an anticlimaxb. a conclusionc. a contrivanced. a climax

What is the effect of the haiku structure on this poem?   how does the line structure describe the subject(s)?   and how does a haiku compare to a rhyming and longer poem in terms of its effect on you as a reader?