Now the girl again seeks out the tree: though trembling still, she would not fail his tryst; with eyes and soul she looks for pyramus; she wants to tell her lover how she had escaped such perils. she finds the place – the tree's familiar shape; but seeing all the berries' color changed, she is not sure. —"pyramus and thisbe," ovid read the passage. which statement best describes how the pacing of events heightens tension? a. the fast pace of the events does not allow the readers to think for themselves. b. the fact that thisbe sees pyramus immediately makes the story more shocking. c. the focus on the color of the berries makes the reader wonder if pyramus is still alive. d. the slow description of the search and surroundings builds anxiety in the reader.

For which cause did swift not write? the tory government the devaluation of irish coins the whig wars under william iii the starvation in ireland

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here? irony personification metaphor simile

Which two lines in this excerpt from arthur conan doyle's "the contest" suggest that emperor nero was ruthless? each choice is in brackets. [an hour later the shepherd was well on his way to his mountain home, and about the same time the emperor, having received the chaplet of olympia for the incomparable excellence of his performance, was making inquiries with a frowning brow as to who the insolent person might be who had dared to utter such contemptuous criticisms.] [“bring him to me here this instant,” said he, “and let marcus with his knife and branding-iron be in attendance.”] [“rumours! ” cried the angry nero. “what do you mean, arsenius? i tell you that the fellow was an ignorant upstart, with the bearing of a boor and the voice of a peacock.] [i have half a mind to burn their town about their ears so that they may remember my visit.”] [“i conquered! you are mad, arsenius. what do you mean? ”] [it is whispered that for once the great god pan has condescended to measure himself against a mortal.”]