The Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison What effect does this have on the tone of the passage? Use text evidence to support your answer.

What details explain what causes the narrator to begin to “bump people back”? How do these details contribute to the text’s overall message?

What is the effect of the author’s use of semicolons and dashes in the first paragraph?

How does the way others view the narrator contrast with the way the narrator views himself?

The answer is d. prior knowledge. she breaks it into parts in order to figure out what other words have the same parts to the word and put the meanings together.

Ibelieve this is the part where ulysses reveals his true identity to his faithful servants eumaeus and philaetius: his ragged vest then drawn aside disclosed the sign conspicuous, and the scar exposed: eager they view'd, with joy they stood amazed with tearful eyes o'er all their master gazed: these servants know ulysses by the scar he got when he was a child - so when he showed them the mark, they immediately knew this is truly their master and they hugged him, finally starting to believe his words.