Excerpt adapted from A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
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A beautiful landscape, with the corn bright in it, but not abundant. Patches of poor rye where cor
beans, patches of most coarse vegetable substitutes for wheat.
Monsieur the Marquis in his traveling carriage (which might have been lighter), conducted by fou
up a steep hill. A blush on the countenance of Monsieur the Marquis was no fault of his high breedi
an external circumstance beyond his control-the setting sun. In effect, the sun was so low that it di
But there remained a broken country hold and onen a little village at the bottom of the hill a h-
Select the correct answer.
What is the author's purpose in writing the passage?
A.
to compare rural and urban lifestyles
B.
to expose neglect of the poor and hungry

This is an acadamical question why does juelz get bit by an alligator and why was arthur the only one who in the middle chapter in the book

Which sentence would not be appropriate for an essay or formal speech? a) most of the titles of faulkner's novels are references to the bible or to the works of william shakespeare. eliminate b) some critics believe that faulkner's novel the sound and the fury is the best novel of his entire career. c) the novels of william faulkner are way too hard to read, yo, filled with all these frustrating changing narrators! d) william faulkner traveled all the way from his home state of mississippi to sweden in order to make his nobel prize acceptance speech.

Read this passage from geoffrey lean’s “one poor harvest away from chaos”: on wednesday, the food and agriculture organisation (fao) reported that global food prices has hit a record high and were likely to go on rising. . that is bad enough for britain, adding to the inflationary pressures from the soaring cost of oil and other commodities, not to mention the vat increase. but for the world’s poor, who have to spend 80 percent of their income on food, it could be catastrophic. why is the passage an example of deductive reasoning? a. the author is appealing to the feelings and emotions of the audience b. the author starts with specifics, using them to probe a general point. c. the author is starting with a general topic and moving to more specific information d. the author is showing that he biased against poor people