Which parts of this excerpt from beowulf denote the importance of kinship and lineage?
i have been strand-guard, standing as warden,
lest enemies ever anywise ravage
danish dominions with army of war-ships.
more boldly never have warriors ventured
hither to come; of [kinsmen's approval,
word-leave of warriors], i ween that ye surely
[nothing have known. never a greater one
of earls o’er the earth have i had a sight of]
than is one of your number, a hero in armor;
no low-ranking fellow adorned with his weapons,
but launching them little, unless looks are deceiving,
[and striking appearance]. ere ye pass on your journey
as treacherous spies to the land of the scyldings
and farther fare, i fully must know now

"as one of our outstanding historical figures once said, ‘when a great democracy is destroyed, it will not be because of enemies from without but rather because of enemies from within.’" (paragraph 7) how does this quote reveal mccarthy’s point of view and advance the purpose of his speech?

The following question asks about one or more selections from your literature textbook. you may use your textbook to answer this question. both “lob’s girl” and “jeremiah’s song” contains flashbacks. in a paragraph, explain what this plot technique adds to the stories. support your answer with one detail from each story. use the reading selections to you answer the questions.

Read the excerpt from “the scarlet ibis.” but mama, crying, told me that even if william armstrong lived, he would never do these things with me. he might not, she sobbed, even be “all there.” he might, as long as he lived, lie on the rubber sheet in the center of the bed in the front bedroom where the white marquisette curtains billowed out in the afternoon sea breeze, rustling like palmetto fronds. what best describes the effect of the sensory imagery used in this excerpt? it allows the reader to correctly predict that doodle will never be able to walk. it the reader to better visualize the life that might lie ahead for doodle. it introduces the reader to the setting that exists throughout most of the story. it shows the reader to see that doodle’s mom is incapable of feeling hope.