English, 11.04.2020 05:13 lewislatavia043
Read the excerpt from The Call of the Wild. From every hill slope came the trickle of running water, the music of unseen fountains. All things were thawing, bending, snapping. The Yukon was straining to break loose the ice that bound it down. It ate away from beneath; the sun ate from above. Air-holes formed, fissures sprang and spread apart, while thin sections of ice fell through bodily into the river. And amid all this bursting, rending, throbbing of awakening life, under the blazing sun and through the soft-sighing breezes, like wayfarers to death, staggered the two men, the woman, and the huskies. Which phrases best use descriptive language to help readers hear what is happening in the scene?
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English, 21.06.2019 18:00
Which excerpt from "the cask of amontillado" best infers what will be fortunato's downfall? the gait of my friend was unsteady, and the bells upon his cap jingled as he strode he had a weak point --this fortunato --although in other regards he was a man to be respected and even feared. he prided himself on his connoisseurship in wine. "nitre," i replied. "how long have you had that cough? " "my friend, no; i will not impose upon your good nature. i perceive you have an engagement. luchresi--" which of the excerpts below is an example of foreshadowing? how remarkably well you are looking to-day. but i have received a pipe of what passes for amontillado⌠"i have my doubts," i replied; "and i was silly enough to pay the full amontillado price without consulting you in the matter. there were no attendants at home; they had absconded to make merry in honour of the time. i had told them that i should not return until the morning, and had given them explicit orders not to stir from the house. i broke and reached him a flagon of de grave. he emptied it at a breath. his eyes flashed with a fierce light. he laughed and threw the bottle upwards with a gesticulation i did not understand. which excerpt from "the cask of amontillado" best summarizes the overall theme of the story? "for the love of god, montresor! " "yes," i said, "for the love of god! " he had a weak point --this fortunato --although in other regards he was a man to be respected and even feared. he prided himself on his connoisseurship in wine. a wrong is unredressed when retribution overtakes its redresser. it is equally unredressed when the avenger fails to make himself felt as such to him who has done the wrong. he turned towards me, and looked into my eves with two filmy orbs that distilled the rheum of intoxication. which excerpt from "the cask of amontillado" presents the reader with the initial conflict of the story? "i have my doubts," i replied; "and i was silly enough to pay the full amontillado price without consulting you in the matter. you were not to be found, and i was fearful of losing a bargain." the thousand injuries of fortunato i had borne as i best could, but when he ventured upon insult i vowed revenge. he had a weak point --this fortunato --although in other regards he was a man to be respected and even feared. he prided himself on his connoisseurship in wine. "the nitre! " i said; "see, it increases. it hangs like moss upon the vaults. we are below the river's bed. the drops of moisture trickle among the bones. come, we will go back ere it is too late. your cough --"
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English, 21.06.2019 18:30
Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. âyou make me feel uncivilized, daisy,â i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. âcanât you talk about crops or something? â i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. âcivilizationâs going to pieces,â broke out tom violently. âiâve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read âthe rise of the coloured empiresâ by this man goddard? â âwhy, no,â i answered, rather surprised by his tone. âwell, itâs a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we donât look out the white race will beâwill be utterly submerged. itâs all scientific stuff; itâs been proved.â in this passage, tomâs ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here? irony personification metaphor simile
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English, 22.06.2019 03:00
13 points : ) which two aspects of scrooge's character does this excerpt from a christmas carol by charles dickens reveal? "i wish to be left alone," said scrooge. "since you ask me what i wish, gentlemen, that is my answer. i donât make merry myself at christmas and i can't afford to make idle people merry. i to support the establishments i have mentionedâthey cost enough; and those who are badly off must go there." "many canât go there; and many would rather die." "if they would rather die," said scrooge, "they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population. besidesâexcuse meâi don't know that." "but you might know it," observed the gentleman. his stingy attitude and conduct his distrust of government institutions his indifference to others' suffering his support for the community
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English, 22.06.2019 06:00
Something you may do if the weather's nice on sunday. -something you might not want to do this evening. -something you could go on aaturday evening. -something you could wear to a party. -somebody you might see in the next couple of days. -a subject you could study at college or university. -somewhere you might go on holiday .
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