What effect does the dwarves' song in Chapter 1 have on the plot of The Hobbit? It sets up the rising action as the song describes the dangers ahead and pulls Bilbo into the mission.

It creates a complicating incident by describing the generations-old feud between the dwarves and Bilbo's ancestors.

It creates exposition that provides background information about the dwarves' mission. <this is the correct answer

It is a turning pont in the story when Bilbo realizes he has no choice but to help the dwarves on their mission.

Which literary approach focuses primarily on the dynamics of power in a text?

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.

Each of the "tales" in geoffrey chaucer's poem the canterbury tales are told by a different pilgrim on a journey to the city of canterbury. the poem has a large story (pilgrims going to canterbury) that encloses all the "little stories" or tales the pilgrims tell. which best describes the type of structure chaucer is using in his poem?