Read the excerpt from "wherefore art thou romeo? ” but i didn’t sleep. i thought about how utterly miserable it would feel to mess up on stage, plus get a vile grade in english class, plus watch allison gloat. i got up before my alarm went off, arrived at school early, and slogged through the day like a sleepwalker. finally the last bell chimed. "ready? ” shondra asked, when we were alone again in the spare classroom. we had two hours until we had to meet our teacher backstage. which statement best describes how the pacing of events heightens tension? the slow pace highlights how exhausted the narrator was on her big day. the slow pace gives the narrator time to carefully plot out her next move. the fast pace intensifies the conflict between the narrator and allison. the fast pace increases the narrator’s urgency in learning her lines.

Which sentence best describes the biased way the author approaches this topic? boars = bacon. and gammon, chops, sausages and feel your salivary glands begin to tingle at the thought of your teeth sinking into that first tender mouthful, and you will be half way towards a sensible attitude towards these creatures. they’re pigs. porkers, hogs, swine, if you will. they dig up people’s gardens, occasionally attack their dogs, spread disease and generally cause a nuisance. in culinary terms, they’re no different to cows or sheep or any of the other feeble-minded, four-legged frolickers which, in various pasties, pies and other assorted pastry cases, end up on our steaming plates on a daily basis. low in fat but high in deliciousness, by eating a wild boar you aren’t depriving poor little peppa and george of a long-lost cousin, but rather reaffirming your god-given position at the top of the food chain. if a boar could eat you it would, thus i say we should return the favour with interest. so say no to the misty-eyed squealers and man up, tuck in and pig out!

When first i engaged in this work, i resolved to leave neither words nor things unexamined, and myself with a prospect of the hours which i should revel away in feasts of literature . . –preface to a dictionary of the english language, samuel johnson what is the connotation of the word revel in this passage?

The author most likely uses the word monstrous rather than the word “unpleasant” because it has a more positive connotation than the word “unpleasant.” a more negative connotation than the word “unpleasant.” a more neutral connotation than the word “unpleasant.” almost the same connotation as the word “unpleasant.”