Read the following excerpt from "the gift of the magi" and answer the question.

a furnished flat at $8 per week. it did not exactly beggar description, but it certainly had that word on the lookout for the mendicancy squad. in the vestibule below was a letter-box into which no letter would go, and an electric button from which no mortal finger could coax a ring.
in the passage above, the author’s word choice creates a mood of

b

explanation:

the most appropriate strategy would be to do a questions and answer type speech.

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read the sentence. select the words that best complete the two blanks.

though the road they took was long and they continued to plod

answer: a. listless, and steadily

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what is the theme of “the show must go on”? how do specific details shape the theme and affect tessa’s attitude as the story progresses? use evidence from the text to support your response. your response should be at least three complete paragraphs.

answer: