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read these passages:

it was at the theater and at carnegie hall that paul really lived; the rest was but a sleep and a forgetting. this was paul’s fairy tale, and it had for him all the allurement of a secret love.…

it was to be worse than jail, even; the tepid waters of cordelia street were to close over him finally and forever. the gray monotony stretched before him in hopeless, unrelieved years; sabbath school, young peoples meeting, the yellow-papered room, the damp dishtowels; it all rushed back upon him with a sickening vividness. he had the old feeling that the orchestra had suddenly stopped, the sinking sensation that the play was over….

the carnations in his coat were drooping with the cold, he noticed, their red glory all over. it occurred to him that all the flowers he had seen in the glass cases that first night must have gone the same way, long before this. it was only one splendid breath they had, in spite of their brave mockery at the winter outside the glass; and it was a losing game in the end…

write a paragraph in which you analyze how the context and language structures of the passages convey willa cather’s intent and viewpoint in “paul’s case.” use details from the passages to support your main idea.

Exit which of the following events best reflects a change in the overall mood of the family? a. woody comes home from the war. b. a new baby is born. c. jeanne is baptized. d. mama gets a job outside the camp.

Read this passage: many manufacturers prefer plastic as a material for containers because it can be molded into many shapes. but plastic is not very strong. it must be fused with glass or steel for strength. it is also not very durable. even the strongest plastic can break under enough pressure. the biggest disadvantage to using plastic is that it does not decompose. while plastic can be recycled, doing so is tedious and difficult. while it may be more expensive and difficult to work with, aluminum is a much stronger building material with far greater tensile strength. it conducts electricity because it is metal. best of all, aluminum is very easy to recycle. even if it is thrown away, it decomposes much more quickly than most manufacturing materials. how does the compare-and-contrast organizational pattern of the passage support the author's purpose? a. the passage gradually leads up to the point about decomposition to inform the reader about the importance of recycling plastics. b. the passage lists the advantages and disadvantages of each material to make a case for the use of plastic and not aluminum in containers. c. the passage begins with a description of plastic's problems in order to call attention to the good qualities of aluminum. d. the passage shows the superiority of aluminum in order to make a case for the production of stronger plastics.

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