Which setting would an author most likely use to show that the protagonist is growing from an innocent child into an adult who becomes aware of the dark side of human nature?
a. a pennsylvania mining town that is slowly dying
b. a small town in the south during the 1950s where racism is common
c. a big city on the west coast where gangs govern the streets
d. a future planet where all types of aliens live together

Which revision of the sentence most effectively incorporates the literary term characterized?

What does"after getting my report card i knew it was time to hit the books mean

Read this adapted excerpt from a famous poem by john keats. this poem is about a beautiful vase with intricate shapes and patterns. you, silent form, do tease us out of thought as does etemity: cold pastorall when old age shall this generation waste, you shall remain in the middle of other woe than ours, a friend to man, to whom you say "beauty is truth, truth beauty that is all you know on earth, and all you need to know what is the poet saying when he writes that "old age shall this generation waste"? the poet is expressing his dread of growing older the poet is mourning the changes he sees in his "generation." the poet is saying that beauty is illusionary and short-lived. the poet is saying that people don't live long; life is brief