30. select one of the prompts below and follow the directions. 1. experiencing. imagine yourself as elisa, and write an essay describing what your life is like 10 years after this story takes place. 2. interpreting. at the end of the passage, elisa whispers, “that’s a bright direction, there’s a glowing there.” write an essay explaining what you think elisa means by those words. support your explanation using references from the story. 3. evaluating. elisa’s character expresses a universal longing to reach beyond our circumstances—to be more and do more. find a character in another story from this unit that shares elisa’s longing. for each character, explain how the author conveys this universal longing and makes the reader empathize with the character. how are the two characters similar and different? with which character do you feel the strongest empathy, and why? (10 points)

Which word best describes the author's tone in this excerpt from "that spot" by jack london? i don’t think much of stephen mackaye any more, though i used to swear by him. i know that in those days i loved him more than my own brother. if ever i meet stephen mackaye again, i shall not be responsible for my actions. it passes beyond me that a man with whom i shared food and blanket, and with whom i mushed over the chilcoot trail, should turn out the way he did. i always sized steve up as a square man, a kindly comrade, without an iota of anything vindictive or malicious in his nature. i shall never trust my judgment in men again. why, i nursed that man through typhoid fever; we starved together on the headwaters of the stewart; and he saved my life on the little salmon. and now, after the years we were together, all i can say of stephen mackaye is that he is the meanest man i ever knew. a. excited b. ironic c. indignant d. playful