Which excerpt from billy collins’s “man listening to disc” best supports the idea that the speaker uses the music to isolate himself from others?

Mr and mrs van daan murmur their welcome what are the playwrights indicating by using the word murmur?

Read the excerpt below and answer the question. isn’t this like condemning socrates because his unswerving commitment to truth and his philosophical inquiries precipitated the act by the misguided populace in which they made him drink hemlock? isn’t this like condemning jesus because his unique god consciousness and never ceasing devotion to god’s will precipitated the evil act of crucifixion? what rhetorical technique does martin luther king employ in this excerpt from “letter from birmingham jail”? select all that apply. allusion extended metaphor figurative language simile

What did mark twain contribute to the history of the novel? select all that apply.