Read the excerpt from "Introduction to Poetry" by Billy Collins. or walk inside the poem's room
and feel the walls for a light switch.

How does this metaphor reveal Collins’s message?

Read this excerpt from holes. at the time, elya thought nothing of the curse. he was just a fifteen-year-old kid, and “eternity” didn’t seem much longer than a week from tuesday. besides, he liked madame zeroni and would be glad to carry her up the mountain. he would have done it right then and there, but he wasn’t yet strong enough. how does this section of the flashback relate to stanley? a.elya was much older during his difficult time than stanley was during his. b.elya’s physical weakness parallels stanley’s physical weakness. c.elya, like stanley, lives in the moment and does not consider the future. d.elya, like stanley, likes the character who is giving him a hard time.

Provide at least two quotes from the play romeo and juliet to show that the characters’ differences did or did not define them.

Myths often function as a connection to the , or the customs and beliefs, of a group of people.