This is a collection of a short story, two poems, a song, and a speech about those who are left behind in time of war. The unit includes "In Memoriam," "the sonnet-ballad," "Facing It," "The Gettysburg Address," and "Billy, Don't Be a Hero." Each selection comes with higher-level thinking questions which require students to identify strategies and literary devices to determine why the author used them. There are also rhyme scheme, literary device identification, and summarization charts inclu