Analyzing and interpreting the story
1. in writing a story about pestilence or plague,
poe would have in mind such historical examples as
the bubonic plague—the black death of the mid-
dle ages and the much more recent cholera epi-
demics that ravaged philadelphia in the 1990s and
baltimore in his own lifetime. but in this story,
plague takes the strange form of a red death rather
than a black one. what paradox is suggested by this
change?

What is missing from the data dump outline for this persuasive essay body paragraph? a.provide 2nd example-data b.claim c.provide 1st example-data

In at least 150 words, identify and describe the setting, and the way the author uses imagery to describe it for part 1 of nectar in a sieve.

Read the quotation from "an occurrence at owl creek bridge." and now he became conscious of a new disturbance. striking through the thought of his dear ones was a sound which he could neither ignore nor understand, a sharp, distinct, metallic percussion like the stroke of a blacksmith’s hammer upon the anvil; it had the same ringing quality. he wondered what it was, and whether immeasurably distant or near by—it seemed both. its recurrence was regular, but as slow as the tolling of a death knell. he awaited each stroke with impatience and—he knew not why—apprehension. the intervals of silence grew progressively longer, the delays became maddening. with their greater infrequency the sounds increased in strength and sharpness. they hurt his ear like the thrust of a knife; he feared he would shriek. what he heard was the ticking of his watch. which best describes the effect of the narration in the excerpt? it suggests that the man being executed feels tranquil and at peace. it suggests that the narrator is sympathetic to the man being executed. it suggests that the plot will become less tense as the story continues. it suggests that the story will become more intense and mysterious.