Island

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<> <<set $Line1 to "Island">> <<set $Line1Alt to "Island ">> <<set $Line2 to "by Langston Hughes">> <<set $Line2Alt to "by Langston Hughes ">> <<set $Line3 to "Wave of sorrow,">> <<set $Line3Alt to "Wave of sorrow, ">> <<set $Line4 to "Do not drown me now:">> <<set $Line4Alt to "Do not drown me now: ">> <<set $Line5 to "I see the island">> <<set $Line5Alt to "I see the island ">> <<set $Line6 to "Still ahead somehow.">> <<set $Line6Alt to "Still ahead somehow. ">> <<set $Line7 to "I see the island">> <<set $Line7Alt to "I see the island ">> <<set $Line8 to "And its sands are fair:">> <<set $Line8Alt to "And its sands are fair: ">> <<set $Line9 to "Wave of sorrow,">> <<set $Line9Alt to "Wave of sorrow, ">> <<set $Line10 to "Take me there.">> <<set $Line10Alt to "Take me there. ">> <><<include Intro>>

Welcome! Ready to [[test your memory|PlayerEntry]] of //Island// by Langston Hughes? If you want a refresher first, here’s the full poem: Wave of sorrow, Do not drown me now: I see the island Still ahead somehow. I see the island And its sands are fair: Wave of sorrow, Take me there.

<<set $Score to 0>>Fill in each line! Title: <<textbox "$PlayerGuessLine1" "" autofocus>> Attribution: <<textbox "$PlayerGuessLine2" "">> Full poem: <<textbox "$PlayerGuessLine3" "">> <<textbox "$PlayerGuessLine4" "">> <<textbox "$PlayerGuessLine5" "">> <<textbox "$PlayerGuessLine6" "">> <<textbox "$PlayerGuessLine7" "">> <<textbox "$PlayerGuessLine8" "">> <<textbox "$PlayerGuessLine9" "">> <<textbox "$PlayerGuessLine10" "" "Grading">> [[Check your work!|Grading]]

Line 1: <<if $PlayerGuessLine1 eq $Line1 or $PlayerGuessLine1 eq $Line1Alt>>''Correct!''<<set $Score +=1>><html> </html>//$Line1//<<else>>''You missed this.'' It's:<html> </html>//$Line1//<html> </html>You had:<html> </html><<if $PlayerGuessLine1 is "">>[NO ENTRY]<<else>>//$PlayerGuessLine1//<</if>><</if>> Line 2: <<if $PlayerGuessLine2 eq $Line2 or $PlayerGuessLine2 eq $Line2Alt>>''Correct!''<<set $Score +=1>><html> </html>//$Line2//<<else>>''You missed this.'' It's:<html> </html>//$Line2//<html> </html>You had:<html> </html><<if $PlayerGuessLine2 is "">>[NO ENTRY]<<else>>//$PlayerGuessLine2//<</if>><</if>> Line 3: <<if $PlayerGuessLine3 eq $Line3 or $PlayerGuessLine3 eq $Line3Alt>>''Correct!''<<set $Score +=1>><html> </html>//$Line3//<<else>>''You missed this.'' It's:<html> </html>//$Line3//<html> </html>You had:<html> </html><<if $PlayerGuessLine3 is "">>[NO ENTRY]<<else>>//$PlayerGuessLine3//<</if>><</if>> Line 4: <<if $PlayerGuessLine4 eq $Line4 or $PlayerGuessLine4 eq $Line4Alt>>''Correct!''<<set $Score +=1>><html> </html>//$Line4//<<else>>''You missed this.'' It's:<html> </html>//$Line4//<html> </html>You had:<html> </html><<if $PlayerGuessLine4 is "">>[NO ENTRY]<<else>>//$PlayerGuessLine4//<</if>><</if>> Line 5: <<if $PlayerGuessLine5 eq $Line5 or $PlayerGuessLine5 eq $Line5Alt>>''Correct!''<<set $Score +=1>><html> </html>//$Line5//<<else>>''You missed this.'' It's:<html> </html>//$Line5//<html> </html>You had:<html> </html><<if $PlayerGuessLine5 is "">>[NO ENTRY]<<else>>//$PlayerGuessLine5//<</if>><</if>> Line 6: <<if $PlayerGuessLine6 eq $Line6 or $PlayerGuessLine6 eq $Line6Alt>>''Correct!''<<set $Score +=1>><html> </html>//$Line6//<<else>>''You missed this.'' It's:<html> </html>//$Line6//<html> </html>You had:<html> </html><<if $PlayerGuessLine6 is "">>[NO ENTRY]<<else>>//$PlayerGuessLine6//<</if>><</if>> Line 7: <<if $PlayerGuessLine7 eq $Line7 or $PlayerGuessLine7 eq $Line7Alt>>''Correct!''<<set $Score +=1>><html> </html>//$Line7//<<else>>''You missed this.'' It's:<html> </html>//$Line7//<html> </html>You had:<html> </html><<if $PlayerGuessLine7 is "">>[NO ENTRY]<<else>>//$PlayerGuessLine7//<</if>><</if>> Line 8: <<if $PlayerGuessLine8 eq $Line8 or $PlayerGuessLine8 eq $Line8Alt>>''Correct!''<<set $Score +=1>><html> </html>//$Line8//<<else>>''You missed this.'' It's:<html> </html>//$Line8//<html> </html>You had:<html> </html><<if $PlayerGuessLine8 is "">>[NO ENTRY]<<else>>//$PlayerGuessLine8//<</if>><</if>> Line 9: <<if $PlayerGuessLine9 eq $Line9 or $PlayerGuessLine9 eq $Line9Alt>>''Correct!''<<set $Score +=1>><html> </html>//$Line9//<<else>>''You missed this.'' It's:<html> </html>//$Line9//<html> </html>You had:<html> </html><<if $PlayerGuessLine9 is "">>[NO ENTRY]<<else>>//$PlayerGuessLine9//<</if>><</if>> Line 10: <<if $PlayerGuessLine10 eq $Line10 or $PlayerGuessLine10 eq $Line10Alt>>''Correct!''<<set $Score +=1>><html> </html>//$Line10//<<else>>''You missed this.'' It's:<html> </html>//$Line10//<html> </html>You had:<html> </html><<if $PlayerGuessLine10 is "">>[NO ENTRY]<<else>>//$PlayerGuessLine10//<</if>><</if>> <<set $FinalScore to (($Score / 10) * 100)>>You got <<print $FinalScore>>% of the poem right. [[Try again.|PlayerEntry]] [[Refresh yourself on the full poem first.|Intro]]

$Line1 ($Line2, $Line3, etc.) Is locked in the passage VariableSetting as the respective line of the poem. VALUE: Locked in as respective line of poem. $PlayerGuessLine1 ($PlayerGuessLine2, $PlayerGuessLine3, etc.) Player's entered guess for each respective line of the poem. VALUE: Player-entered. $Score Set as 0 in the PlayerEntry passage, and then goes up by 1 for each line the player gets right. VALUES: Starts as 0, goes up by 1 per each line that's right. $FinalScore Set to the percentage of lines the player got right in the Grading passage. VALUES 0 to 100