"a valentine" by edgar allan poe for her this rhyme is penned whose luminous eyes, brightly expressive as the twins of leda, shall find her own sweet name, that nestling lies upon the page, enwrapped from every reader. search narrowly the lines! —they hold a treasure divine—a talisman—an amulet that must be worn at heart. search well the measure— the words—the syllables! do not forget the trivialest point, or you may lose your labor and yet there is in this no gordian knot which one might not undo without a sabre, if one could merely comprehend the plot. enwritten upon the leaf where now are peering eyes scintillating soul, there lie perdus three eloquent words oft uttered in the hearing of poets, by poets—as the name is a poet's, too, its letters, although naturally lying like the knight pinto—mendez ferdinando— still form a synonym for truth—cease trying! you will not read the riddle, though you do the best you can do. read these lines from the poem and answer the following question. the trivialest point, or you may lose your labor and yet there is in this no gordian knot which one might not undo without a sabre, if one could merely comprehend the plot. "knot" and "plot" are examples of which poetic device? alliteration connotation denotation rhyme

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How does thoreau defend his approach in the second paragraph of "economy" inwalden? -he uses the word "t" because he feels it sounds more interesting-he does not use first-person point of view because his is a fictional account-he uses first-person point of view to get his readers' attention-he uses the word "t" for the sake of sincerity and honesty.

An expository essay instructs, provides information, or explains. in this essay, you are presenting information and explaining why you think the ideas and work of the individual you chose had an effect on european thought. but before you begin writing the essay, you need to organize the information you’ve gathered by creating an outline. directions: your taking notes sheet should have you identify and organize the information you found while doing your research. now it is time to create an outline to organize the information in the way you will present it in your essay. you may decide not to use all the information you gathered, but be sure you do not leave out anything that you believe is important to support your thesis. your essay should include an introductory paragraph, supporting paragraphs, and a concluding paragraph. each paragraph should cover one main topic and should correspond to a roman numeral (i., ii., iii.) on the outline. the main topics should cover: the person’s accomplishment and contributions, and the effect of his or her accomplishments or contributions on european thought. write a topic sentence for each paragraph of your essay. be sure it tells the reader what the section will be about and how the information relates to your thesis statement. your topic sentence for the introductory paragraph might say something like “johannes gutenberg’s invention changed the way people communicated.” a topic sentence for the second paragraph—the first main topic—might be something like "gutenberg’s printing press changed the way books were produced and the way knowledge was communicated.” decide which pieces of information you will use to support your topic sentences. (these ideas or groups of facts are called subtopics.) subtopics follow capital letters and periods (a., b., and c.) on your outline. add this information beneath your topic sentence. you can further divide subtopics into specific facts. in an outline, specific facts follow arabic numerals and periods (1. 2. 3. 4.) end your outline and essay with a concluding paragraph. write a concluding paragraph that summarizes the main ideas of your essay and restates your thesis statement in some way. write no more than four or five sentences. worth 241 points