Why did j. r.r. tolkien write the hobbit and other stories of middle-earth?
a. he wanted to design a complex imaginary world in which he could set a large number of tales.
b. he wanted to convince readers that middle-earth was real and that the events of his stories truly happened.
c. he wanted to record a factual history of the british isles.
d. he wanted to add to legends that already existed about middle-earth.

Read the excerpt from chapter 6 of  animal farm.by the autumn the animals were tired but happy. they had had a hard year, and after the sale of part of the hay and corn, the stores of food for the winter were none too plentiful, but the windmill compensated for everything. it was almost half built now.how does the pacing of this passage affect the reader’s interpretation of the text? a flashback to earlier events provides a pause in the pacing to slow events down.foreshadowing of events provides information as to what will happen to the windmill.the pace of the text quickens to convey the characters’ resolve to finish the windmill.the pace of the text quickens to move the story to its climax, the completion of the windmill.

Peter is creative and excels with visual presentation he enjoys working in small groups and in an active environment which jobs would match his personality

1. a poem that tells a story irony 2. taking on human characteristics narrative 3. a direct comparison between two things personification 4. words that are opposite the thoughts in a speaker's mind simile 5. implied comparison introduced with "as" and "like idiom 6. one's own manner of speaking metaphor