Match the bolded words in these lines from james joyce’s story “araby” to their synonyms. use clues from the context in which the words appear.

through one of the broken panes i heard the rain impinge upon the earth. .
she was an old, garrulous woman, a pawnbroker's widow, who collected used stamps for some pious purpose.
it crept onward among ruinous houses and over the twinkling river.

What is the central idea of “the light of gandhi’s lamp”? how does the central idea emerge and develop over the course of the passage? use evidence from the text to support your response. your response should be at least two complete paragraphs.

Read this passage from william faulkner's the sound and the fury: i says no i never had university advantages because at harvard they teach you how to go for a swim at night without knowing how to swim and at sewanee they dont even teach you what water is. i says you might send me to the state university; maybe i'll learn how to stop my clock with a nose spray and then you can send ben to the navy i says or to the cavalry anyway, they use geldings in the cavalry. which best describes the narrator's tone in this passage? a. bitter b. angry c. sarcastic d. all of the above

What human capital are students acquiring when they take a robotics , an honors class divided into teams for tool acquisition , design , and public relations?