I wouldn't be so sure.

This is key.

How can the unions accomplish this?

Is the fact that pink slime is being added to school lunches make it worse than if it was being added to ground beef at the grocery store?

describes her aging the rising fish goes back to the allusion to Narcissus and the lake.

Is the speaker talking about the other people in the house who lie to the woman who is searching for who she really is? What are they lying to her about?

I like this line.

the "offspring" is the author's book

ductile means brittle or malleable; neither good qualities for an anchor. Oxymoron.

adjective (of a metal) able to be drawn out into a thin wire. able to be deformed without losing toughness; pliable, not brittle. pliable pliant flexible supple plastic tensile soft malleable workable bendable bendy (of a person) docile or gullible. docile obedient submissive meek mild lamblike willing accommodating amenable cooperative compliant malleable tractable biddable persuadable

oxymoron. How can he feel surrounded and detached at the same time? Have you ever been in a large crowd but felt alone?

the imagery creates a tone of loneliness and isolation.

Detached like the spider before it connect to things via the filaments of its web. Here the metaphor begins to be revealed.

? What does he mean by "speeding"?

alliteration What do you make of the "v" sound? Harsh sound?

a point of high land that juts out into a large body of water; a headland.

What is the connotation of "Patient"? It almost seems like the same connotation if you said "patient" about an army sniper.

As you read each of these 7 sources you need to annotate each so that your essay is based in fact and not in opinion. Having annotations gives you something to go back to when you need to find support for your argument. The following are types of annotations you could make: Circle unfamiliar words or references. Mark passages with symbols like question or exclamation marks. Highlight important lines or sections. Connect parts of the text to other parts with arrows. Note emotional reactions. Post questions. Make connections to other texts or to their own lives. Summarize difficult concepts. Add related images. Add links to related information. Note how the piece is structured, or how the author uses language in interesting ways. React to the content over all. Note patterns, themes and motifs.

How is the writer expected to cite his or her sources.

Clarification that the writing task is argumentative and not simply informational.

Description of the task that needs to be done using three of the seven sources.

This text gives the reader a brief understanding of what the basis of the locavore movement is.

What is this chart showing? What are Greenhouse Gas Emissions? Which product is responsible for the greatest amount of greenhouse gases being emitted into the atmosphere? How do the three shades of the bar graph related to the argument pro or con locavore?

Not a very convincing argument.