The best way to predict the future is to create it. ― Lincoln Writing to Explain

Read the quotation from Lincoln. Gandhi expressed a similar and often-quoted sentiment: Be the change you want to see in the world. What personal qualities were these men calling upon in people by attempting to spread this idea? Why is this idea important?

DIRECTIONS: Think about the prompt. Then write a letter in which you explain to a friend the relationship between change and individual actions and decisions.

these are all different formats for citing your sources in a research paper. mla stands for modern language association. apa stands for american psychological association. cms stands for the chicago manual of style.

postive, comparative, superlative - good, better, best

recall how we defined nouns as words capable of having plurals and possessive endings. adjectives (and their first cousin, the adverb) also have a feature that distinguishes them. they come in three states. first, the raw adjective—in its positive state—merely describes the noun modified; it doesn’t care about how this particular person or thing stacks up against other members of the same noun class

explanation:

the silver bells of the sleds are merry and keep time in the winter nights while the sky twinkles happily. the golden bells of weddings are delightful in their peaceful happiness, foretelling a rapturous future. meanwhile, the brazen alarm bells scream frightfully in the night, with a discordant and desperate sound. in their clamor, these bells convey terror, horror, and anger. finally, the iron bells are solemn and melancholy, while those in the church steeple are like ghouls who feel happiness. the king of the ghouls, who rings the bells, cheerfully keeps time with the moaning and groaning bells.