Read the following scene from trifles. mrs. hale (stiffly). there’s a great deal of work to be done on a farm. county attorney. to be sure. and yet . . (with a little bow to her.) . . i know there are some dickson county farmhouses which do not have such roller towels. (he gives it a pull to expose its full length again.) mrs. hale. those towels get dirty awful quick. men’s hands aren’t always as clean as they might be. county attorney. ah, loyal to your sex, i see. but you and mrs. wright were neighbors. i suppose you were friends, too. what is one possible disadvantage of hearing the characters’ voices as opposed to silently reading the scene? it does not allow listeners to interpret each character through his or her tone. it does not allow listeners to associate a voice with each of the characters. it does not allow listeners to review or reread what each character has said. it does not allow listeners to keep track of which character is speaking.

What type of writing is demonstrated in this excerpt by general philip henry sheridan? at once i set about preparing for the examination which precedes admission to the military academy, studying zealously under the direction of mr. william clark; my old teachers, mcnanly and thorn, having disappeared from somerset and sought new fields of usefulness. the intervening months passed rapidly away, and i fear that i did not make much progress, yet i thought i should be able to pass the preliminary examination. that which was to follow worried me more and gave me many sleepless nights; but these would have been less in number, i fully believe, had it not been for one specification of my, outfit which the circular that accompanied my appointment demanded. this requirement was a pair of "monroe shoes." now, out in ohio, what "monroe shoes" were was a mystery—not a shoemaker in my section having so much as an inkling of the construction of the perplexing things, until finally my eldest brother brought an idea of them from baltimore, when it was found that they were a familiar pattern under another name. a. research essay b. persuasive essay c. biography d. memoir