The knowledge that doodle’s and my plans had come to naught was bitter, and that streak of cruelty within me awakened. i ran as fast as i could, leaving him far behind with a wall of rain dividing us. the drops stung my face like nettles, and the wind flared the wet glistening leaves of the bordering trees. soon i could hear his voice no more.

what best describes the purpose of the foreshadowing present in the narrator’s words, “soon i could hear his voice no more”?

a) it adds interest as the reader questions what kind of storm could be loud enough to drown out all other sound.

b) it creates suspense as the reader wonders why the narrator can no longer hear doodle’s voice.

c) it allows the reader to better visualize what life for the narrator will be like if doodle is no longer in it.

d) it the reader predict what the narrator will say to his parents when he arrives home without doodle.

Read the excerpt from "the storyteller." the smaller girl created a diversion by beginning to recite "on the road to mandalay.” she only knew the first line, but she put her limited knowledge to the fullest possible use. she repeated the line over and over again in a dreamy but resolute and very audible voice; it seemed to the bachelor as though some one had had a bet with her that she could not repeat the line aloud two thousand times without stopping. whoever it was who had made the wager was likely to lose his bet. "come over here and listen to a story,” said the aunt, when the bachelor had looked twice at her and once at the communication cord. the children moved listlessly towards the aunt’s end of the carriage. evidently her reputation as a storyteller did not rank high in their estimation. in a low, confidential voice, interrupted at frequent intervals by loud, petulant questionings from her listeners, she began an unenterprising and deplorably uninteresting story about a little girl who was good, and made friends with every one on account of her goodness, and was finally saved from a mad bull by a number of rescuers who admired her moral character. which instances of situational irony occur in the passage? select two options. a.) “whoever it was who had made the wager was likely to lose his bet.” b.) “‘come over here and listen to a story,’ said the aunt, when the bachelor had looked twice at her and once at the communication cord.” -- c.) “the children moved listlessly towards the aunt’s end of the carriage.” d.) “evidently her reputation as a story-teller did not rank high in their estimation.” -- e.) “in a low, confidential voice, interrupted at frequent intervals by loud, petulant questionings from her listeners, she began an unenterprising and deplorably uninteresting story about a little girl who was good.”