Read the passage.. Excerpt from "A Ghost Story" in Sketches New and Old by Mark Twain). Question 1) How do the words a century of dragging seconds enhance the tone of this passage? A) They explain that the narrator is growing impatient, creating a frustrated tone., B) They explain how slowly time seems to pass, emphasizing the terrified tone., C) They develop an annoyed tone as the narrator is eager for things to move more quickly., D) They develop an anticipatory tone as the narrator cannot wait for what happens next. (Will Mark Brainliest). PLEASE ONLY ANSWER THE QUESTION IF YOU ACTUALLY KNOW THE ANSWER HAVE TO PASS THIS CLASS FOR SUMMER SCHOOL). ​

Question 3 of 10 points which sentence is an example of chronological structure in "the city without o a. without daily pumping, manhattan's subway tunnels would be flooded o b. some time in the next 100,000 years, glaciers will cover all of manhattan o c. central park has a garden that houses plants mentioned in shakespeare's plays. o d. if flooding were to go unchecked, steel support beams in buildings would rust

When reading a poem closely to interpret its meaning and nuances, what can give you clues about the theme of the poem? athe rhyme schemebthe stanza structurecthe title of the poemd.the name of the poet

Read the passage from animal farm. one sunday morning squealer announced that the hens, who had just come in to lay again, must surrender their eggs. napoleon had accepted, through whymper, a contract for four hundred eggs a week. the price of these would pay for enough grain and meal to keep the farm going till summer came on and conditions were easier. when the hens heard this, they raised a terrible outcry. they had been warned earlier that this sacrifice might be necessary, but had not believed that it would really happen. they were just getting their clutches ready for the spring sitting, and they protested that to take the eggs away now was murder. for the first time since the expulsion of jones, there was something resembling a rebellion. led by three young black minorca pullets, the hens made a determined effort to thwart napoleon's wishes. their method was to fly up to the rafters and there lay their eggs, which smashed to pieces on the floor. napoleon acted swiftly and ruthlessly. he ordered the hens' rations to be stopped, and decreed that any animal giving so much as a grain of corn to a hen should be punished by death. the dogs saw to it that these orders were carried out. for five days the hens held out, then they capitulated and went back to their nesting boxes. nine hens had died in the meantime. their bodies were buried in the orchard, and it was given out that they had died of coccidiosis. whymper heard nothing of this affair, and the eggs were duly delivered, a grocer's van driving up to the farm once a week to take them away. which detail from the passage supports the claim that this is an allegory for the great purge? the hens holding out for five days but capitulating the eggs being delivered to the grocer the protesting hens being intentionally starved coccidiosis spreading on the farm