Read the excerpt from the odyssey about odysseus and his son in battle. telemachus swerved around him, leaving the long dark spear planted in amphinomus. if he paused to yank it out someone might jump him from behind or cut him down with a sword at the moment he bent over. so he ran—ran from the tables to his father's side and halted, panting, saying: "father let me bring you a shield and spear, a pair of spears, a helmet. i can arm on the run myself; i'll give outfits to eumaeus and this cowherd. better to have equipment." how do telemachus’s actions in battle compare to his father’s? telemachus is more impulsive than odysseus in battle. telemachus is more hesitant than odysseus in battle. both telemachus and odysseus are quick-thinking in battle. both telemachus and odysseus are arrogant in battle.

Read the selection below and answer the question. an open boat by alfred noyes o, what is that whimpering there in the darkness? 

 'let him lie in my arms. he is breathing, i know.
 look. i'll wrap all my hair round his neck' – the sea's rising,
 the boat must be lightened. he's dead. he must go.' 


 see - quick - by that flash, where the bitter foam tosses, 
 the cloud of white faces, in the black open boat, 
 and the wild pleading woman that clasps her dead lover 
 and wraps her loose hair round his breast and his throat.
 'come, lady, he's dead.' - 'no, i feel his heart beating,
 he's living, i know. but he's numbed with the cold. 
 see, i'm wrapping my hair all around him to warm him.' -
- 'no. we can't keep the dead, dear. come, loosen your hold.

 'come. loosen your fingers.' - 'o god, let me keep him! ' -
 o, hide it, black night! let the winds have their way! 
 and there are no voices or ghosts from that darkness, 
 to fret the bare seas at the breaking of day. which choice best describes the conflict in this poem? the winds are rocking the boat. a man is thrown into the sea. a woman doesn’t want to let go of her dead lover. someone is crying in the darkness.

What else do you think experts can learn from studying the language of written work? what do you think is the value of studying the language of william shakespeare whose writing is over hundreds of years old?

In the following conversation, which group discussion technique does emily most clearly show?