1. Write an op/ed article about the realities facing Americans living or traveling abroad following the attacks of September 11, 2001. In what ways, if any, should Americans adjust their attitude toward foreign travel post 9/11? What, if anything, should the U.S. government do to respond to post 9/11 realities for U.S. expatriates?
   
   In a separate, brief paragraph, explain why you chose the particular style and tone you used in your article.
   
   
2. Choose a passage from a nineteenth-century work written in a "grand" or formal style, such as the Whitman example on page 298 of your textbook. Try rewriting the passage in a twenty-first century colloquial style (see page 300 for characteristics of formal and colloquial styles). Does the work "translate" well into this alternate style? Why or why not?