1a. For what are there appropriate seasons, or times, according to verse 1?
2a. According to verse 2, what is there a time for?
3a. What is there time for according to verse 8?
4a. List the things there is a time for according to this selection.
5a. Do you agree that there is a time for everything? For example, do you think there is a time for hate or for war? Explain your response.
1b. In your own words, what is the main idea expressed by verse 1?
2b. In what way are the two sets of things similar?
3b. Explain whether this selection presents a positive or hopeful message.
4b. Explain how these pairs of things are related.
5b. What kinds of problems could people encounter if they ignored the advice given in this poem? Give specific examples of people acting at inappropriate times.
Parallelism and Repetition with Variation. Consider the second verse of the selection. Notice that it is made up of four parallel phrases, each beginning with the words "a time." The second two phrases repeat with variation the ideas expressed in the first two phrases. How is planting similar to being born? How is dying similar to being plucked up? Review the chart you completed for Literary Tools. Discuss the similarities between the pairs in the rest of the poem.
1. Write two more verses that contain two pairs each of things for which there is a time.
2. Choose one of the pairs of times in this selection as the theme for a personal essay. In your essay, use examples from your own life to illuminate how there is time for both parts of the pair.
3. Write a short story in which the main character experiences both parts of one of the pairings in this selection.
Split Infinitives. Rewrite and fix the split infinitives in the following sentences.
1. Because there is a time to die, there is also a time to sadly weep.
2. If you eat too quickly, there will be time to loudly moan.
3. To fully live, you must experience pain as well as joy.
4. If you want to beat the crowd, you have to quickly run.
5. There is no time like the present to begin to really be happy.
Complaint Letter.There is a time to accept and a time to complain. Think about a time when you received poor service, got something you didn't order, or had a problem with an organization. Write a firm, but polite, letter of complaint. In your letter, detail the problem and what you would like to have happen.
