Refer to explorations in literature for a complete version of this narrative.

read this excerpt from “about russell” by rita williams-garcia.

he seemed to have an entire conversation for her and she was interested. gasp! they were holding hands!

rosalind and i were ecstatic.

how does the word gasp affect the tone of this excerpt?

it suggests a tone of worry.

it supports a tone of passion.

it creates a tone of hilarity.

it conveys a tone of surprise.

Answer :

Cambridge English Dictionary defines "gasp" as "to take a short, quick breath through the mouth, especially because of surprise, pain, or shock."

The word "gasp" affects the tone of the given excerpt in the following way :

It conveys a tone of surprise.

The short story “About Russell” by Rita Williams-Garcia is about a boy suffering from mental illness. He has been exhibiting abnormal behavior like not making many friends, and other types of behavior that doesn't make sense to other people. He is a mathematical genius and an introvert who doesn't like mixing with people.

The speaker and Rosalind are surprised when they find out that a girl had come over to meet their brother Russell and he was having an actual conversation with her. They are completely surprised with this development.

hospitality is mentioned many times in odysseus. it is known as xenia in the poem. one notable example is.

here is a poor man come, a wanderer,

driven by want to beg his bread, and everyone

in hall gave bits, to cram his bag—only

antinous threw a stool, and banged his shoulder

the lines show odysseus disguised as a beggar and shares his bread with another beggar in a weird way because he had to defeat him in order to eat. however, odysseus does not kill the old man and even shows his hospitality.

explanation:

have a great day!

well, there are online sites that can make it look like a texting screenshot, so u can make it like hamilton texting jefferson through that, and he can start with him being like, i know it's out of the blue, but blah blah blah