Instructions: Choose one of the three passages provided.
Rewrite (copy and paste into a new Microsoft Word Document) the passage using more sophisticated vocabulary and sentence structure. You must elevate your passage by replacing a minimum of 12 words for a top score. Please remember to HIGHLIGHT or BOLDFACE or UNDERLINE the words you have replaced. You may also add or change details, add word/sentence variety to elevate the language of the story. Rewrite the beginning. . Rewrite the ending. BE CREATIVE.

The Wind and the Sun had a dispute as to which of the two was the stronger. They agreed that the one should be called stronger who should first make a man in the road take off his cloak.
The Wind began to blow great guns, but the man only drew his cloak closer about him to keep out the cold. At last the gust was over.

Then the Sun took his turn. He shone and it was warm and bright. The man opened his cloak, threw it back, and at last took it off, and lay down in the shade where it was cool.

So the Sun carried his point against the Wind.
This fable teaches that gentleness often succeeds better than force.

In twelve years a slave, northup realizes he cannot trust anyone after his kidnapping except hamilton and brown god the physician the women who gave him drink

Who is the speaker? read the quotations and answer the questions for each quote. quotation analysis "those who labor in the earth are the chosen people of " what is the main idea of the quotation? who do you think is the speaker? what evidence from the background reading leads you to the conclusion about the speaker? 2. "all communities divide themselves into the few and the many. the first are rich and well born, the other the mass of the people…" what is the main idea of the quotation? they divided the people in between rich and poor who do you think is the speaker? hamilton what evidence from the background reading leads you to the conclusion about the speaker? federalists believed that the country should be ruled by the by the best people 3. "laws are made for men of ordinary understanding and should, therefore, be construed by the ordinary rules of common sense." what is the main idea of the quotation? who do you think is the speaker? what evidence from the background reading leads you to the conclusion about the speaker? 4. "a fondness for power is implanted in most men, and it is natural to abuse it when acquired." what is the main idea of the quotation? who do you think is the speaker? what evidence from the background reading leads you to the conclusion about the speaker?

How do the soldiers' feelings about macbeth in act i differ from their laterfeelings about him in act v? a. in act i, theymere jealous of his rise to power; in act v, they feelsorry for him and the burdens he bears.b. in act i, they think he is a bully; in act v, they believe he will make agood king if given enough time to rule.c. in act i, they think he is brave and honorable; in act v, they think heis an insane tyrant who must be defeated.d. in act i, they are frightened of his fierceness; in act v, they areafraid of what horrible crimes he will commit next.