So, being bereft of sympathy, he leaned a little way to one side and swore softly into the sea. His face was hidden, and he seemed to be asleep. The correspondent looked over his shoulder at the captain. overwhelmed Read this excerpt from "The Open Boat" by Stephen Crane: This fact was somehow so mixed and confused with his opinion of his own situation that it seemed almost a proper reason for tears. The coldness of the water was sad it was tragic. This appeared to his dazed mind as a fact important enough to be noted at the time. The January water was icy, and he reflected immediately that it was colder than he had expected to find it off the coast of Florida. What is the mood of this excerpt from "The Open Boat" by Stephen Crane? Of the moon that descends the steeps of the soughing twilight, heights Which sentence in this excerpt from Stephen Crane's "The Open Boat" is a metaphor that reflects the naturalistic theme that human life is insignificant before the workings of fate? This tower was a giant, standing with its back to the plight of the ants. In this line from Walt Whitman's poem "Song of Myself," what is the meaning of the word steeps? It helps to change the tone of the poem from calm and carefree to sinister and menacing. 1) effusiveĤ) idle What is the effect of the underlined section in developing the tone of this excerpt from "In a Queen's Domain" by Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt?Īt me, with a cry and a glare. 1) They were _in their praise of the new movie.Ģ) I got tired of his _complaining.ģ) It's a _ thing, so I didn't bother with it.Ĥ) I let the car _ as I waited outside his building. In the excerpt Walt Whitman suggests thatġ) some remnant of human life continues to exist after deathĢ) the remains of the dead are absorbed into the soil and continue to nourish life In the excerpt Walt Whitman suggests that _ because _. They are alive and well somewhere, The smallest sprout shows there is really no death, And if ever there was it led forward life, and does not wait at the end to arrest it, And ceas'd the moment life appear'd.Īll goes onward and outward, nothing collapses, And to die is different from what any one supposed, and luckier. What has become of the young and old men?And what has become of the women and children? he shrank from touching (.)Ģ) Well, you can imagine how it was with a young fellow (.)ģ) I judged that there was going to be a crash by and by (.)Ĥ) He said he hoped he wasn't afraid to trust as rich a gentleman (.)ĥ) It scared me broad awake and made me comprehend (.) 1) wealth worshipĥ) impending doom Read the excerpt from "Song of Myself" by Walt Whitman and complete the sentence that follows. Match the themes from Mark Twain's "The £1,000,000 Bank-Note" with the excerpts they represent.ġ). Poor people were expected to tolerate any ridicule made by the rich. I was puzzled, and wanted to discuss the matter a little further, but they didn't so I took my leave, feeling hurt and insulted to be made the butt of what was apparently some kind of a practical joke, and yet obliged to put up with it, not being in circumstances to resent affronts from rich and strong folk. the nature of people to blame others for their own mistakes or shortcomings What is implied in this sentence from Mark Twain's "The £1,000,000 Bank-Note"? I was pretty nervous, in fact, pretty badly frightened, though, of course, I was no way in fault but I knew men well enough to know that when they find they've given a tramp a million-pound bill when they thought it was a one-pounder, they are in a frantic rage against him instead of quarreling with their own near-sightedness, as they ought. Which sentence in this excerpt from Mark Twain's "The £1,000,000 Bank-Note" is an example of satire? Those two old brothers had been having a pretty hot argument a couple of days before, and had ended by agreeing to decide it by a bet, which is the English way of settling everything What is satirized in this excerpt from Mark Twain's "The £1,000,000 Bank-Note"? Why did Charlotte Perkins Gilman use first-person narration in her short story "The Yellow Wallpaper"? to help readers understand the condition of the narrator How does the use of dramatic irony in works with unreliable narrators help to make the purpose of the story clearer to the reader? It helps the reader understand the implications of events better than the narrator could.
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