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23. the narrator escorts the police around the house, audaciously showing them his “treasures,” his keepsakes and collectibles. next, he brings them chairs so they can “rest from their fatigues.” the narrator is overly self-confident, and he is very proud of how he handles himself. they sit in the very room where the murder was committed. he chats with the visitors and is with how well he can carry on a conversation. however, soon the narrator begins to feel sick; his head aches, and there is a ringing in his ears. he wants to get rid of the officers, but they just stay and keep on talking. the sound continues, and finally the narrator realizes it is not within his ears, but rather a resonance he has heard earlier: “… a low, dull, quick sound – such as a sound a makes when enveloped in cotton.”

question 23 options:

watch

typewriter

doorbell

hammer

Take some time to create a cultural inventory. note the components of culture that have defined you and list as many as possible here. then write about the ways your unique culture affects your communication, i need i don't know how to start it off .

When i was young enough to still spend a long time buttoning my shoes in the morning, i'd listen toward the hall: daddy upstairs was shaving, in the bathroom, and mother downstairs was frying the bacon. they would begin whispering back and forth to each other up and down the stairwell. my father would whistle his phrase, my mother would try to whistle, then hum hers backi drew my buttonhook in and out and listened to it -know it was "the merry widow." the difference was, their song almost floated with laughter. how different from the record, which growled from the beginning, as if the victrola were only slowly being wound up. they kept it running between them, up and down the stairs where i was now just about ready to run clattering down and show them my shoes. what is the effect of the parallelism used in the above excerpt? it establishes the rhythm of a duet to echo the song. it expresses the same ideas. it mirrors opposite ideas. it is a paradox.

In the story “seventh grade,” victor’s and michael’s hopes and expectations about girls often cause them to a.act in embarrassing ways. b.get into trouble at school. c.struggle with friendships. d.do poorly in their classes.