Writing Prompt: Sometimes it's better to be nice than honest.

Derek Walcott, "Elsewhere"-p. 1163

• Read the poem.
• Answer questions 3-7 (turn in #7)

Edwidge Danticat, "The Book of the Dead"-p. 1048

• Read the story, focusing on examples of irony.
• Answer questions 6, 7, 8, 11, 12 on p. 1059.

Additional question: What characteristics of contemporary literature are shown in "Elsewhere" and "The Book of the Dead"?