Read this excerpt from through the looking-glass by lewis carroll. "and when i found the door was locked, i pulled and pushed and kicked and knocked. and when i found the door was shut, i tried to turn the handle, but –” there was a long pause. "is that all? ” alice timidly asked. "that's all,” said humpty dumpty. "good-bye.” which idea does this excerpt support? alice is not very skilled at understanding poetry. the rules of the looking-glass land can be strange. alice finds it hard to communicate in the looking-glass land. humpty dumpty is a nursery-rhyme character.

What effect is created by the plaque posted on the gate at the entrance to the family's home in nadine gordimer's "once upon a time"? the words written on the plaque offer readers a foreshadowing of the story's outcome without revealing the actual conclusion, the author's use of flashback allows readers to understand what is at the heart of the issues of encroachment in the suburban neighborhood the repetition of the words written on the plaque presents an oxymoron because readers already sense that the plaque has been ineffective in warding off intruders. the author introduces a paradox in which readers are presented with a warning notice when no actual infraction has taken place.

Read this excerpt from the scarlet letter by nathaniel hawthorne and complete the sentence that follows. she had wandered, without rule or guidance, in a moral wilderness; as vast, as intricate and shadowy, as the untamed forest, amid the gloom of which they were now holding a colloquy that was to decide their fate. the author uses the point of view in the excerpt.

Read this inference: "one day the neighbors will move out of the little frame house." what detail from the story best supports this inference?