Read the excerpt from “the wedding night” and answer the question. all at once, i felt something pulling at my dress. it was bijou, wholly forgotten since morning. the poor beast was saying adieu to me after his fashion. this gave my heart a little blow, and i felt a great desire to embrace my dog. i seized him and began to devour him with kisses. i love to caress animals. it gives me a sweet pleasure, causing a kind of delicious shiver. which best describes a character trait demonstrated by the character’s actions in this excerpt? a. joyfulness b. selfishness c. childishness d. imaginativeness

Match the definition or example to the term.

Which is included in the radio broadcast to capture the listener's attention that the original text of the story is not able to include

Now close reading is an essential and foundational skill needed to succeed in any language arts course. acquiring this skill will you form a strategy when writing about literature. you will be required to perform and develop this skill as you progress through this course and other courses in your school career. identify and discuss your areas of strength in language arts. what do you do well? what do you like doing in a course like this? why do those tasks work well for you? you can also identify a challenge you have that you’d like to work on throughout this course. use this discussion as an opportunity to give advice to your classmates based on your stronger skills and to ask for with skills you are still developing.