Why should a good listener ask a speaker to provide more information? a. to make the speaker forget his argument b. to clarify the speaker's argument c. to annoy the speaker d. to challenge the speaker's before he finishes

Read this excerpt from the scarlet letter by nathaniel hawthorne and complete the sentence that follows. she had wandered, without rule or guidance, in a moral wilderness; as vast, as intricate and shadowy, as the untamed forest, amid the gloom of which they were now holding a colloquy that was to decide their fate. the author uses the point of view in the excerpt.

Which phrase best describes the role of irony in a written book? a. to validate readers’ beliefs b. to defy readers’ expectations c. to represent an idea d. to dramatize events apex

When a text is organized according to what happened first in the story in time order, this is known as what kind of structure?