Read the following passage and answer the question. you are not rousing me from a deep sleep. you must know i’ve been shedding many tears and, in my wandering thoughts, exploring many pathways. which sentence best paraphrases the first sentence of the excerpt? you aren’t telling me anything i don’t already know. what a nightmare this has been. you aren’t getting me up on my good side. what a nightmare to learn of this just now.

The sentence that best paraphrases the first sentence of the excerpt is "You aren't telling me anything I don't know". This is because the narrator uses the metaphor of "rousing me from a deep sleep" as saying that he was aware of the situation that was going on, it wasn't that he didn't know about it.

dickinson punctuation and lines in her poems to establish a rhythm. each reader will naturally find themselves reading the poem in the same way. she uses the repeating question marks and exclamation points to convey the passion in her words. shelley uses punctuation to paint a picture in the reader's mind. for example, the ellipses after "stand in the dessert" evoke a silence, as it would feel in a deserted, old place.

the answer would be c   i believe thats the most reasonable answer