Which piece of dialogue from the chaste adventures of joseph: a comedy most reveals madam potiphar's motives for wanting
her husband to replace his secretary, joseph?
madam potiphar. (coming in) oh, this is nothing—merely the room of one of the slaves.
madam potiphar. (ironically) send for joseph? it would be useless. joseph has affairs of his own on hand, always.
madam potiphar. yes- "joseph." an ugly, foreign-sounding name, don't you think?
madam potiphar. (looking amusedly after her) silly little thing! (she stands there thinking.) there's no doubt of it! joseph
did come from heliopolis last year.

dickinson punctuation and lines in her poems to establish a rhythm. each reader will naturally find themselves reading the poem in the same way. she uses the repeating question marks and exclamation points to convey the passion in her words. shelley uses punctuation to paint a picture in the reader's mind. for example, the ellipses after "stand in the dessert" evoke a silence, as it would feel in a deserted, old place.

the present continuous is a verb tense which is mainly used to indicates that an action is in progress at the moment of speaking.  

it is formed using: person + verb to be (am/is/are) +verb + - ing form  

example: i am studying at this moment .

in addition, the present continuous is also used in order to express things that will or will not happen in the near future.

example: i am having dinner with some friends tonight.

the speaker sometimes   uses it   to express that an action is repeated and it causes irritation on the part of the speaker

example: my sister is constantly complaining about everything.

the correct answer is d. sinking. - apex.

the light represents granny weatherall's life.