These texts are excerpts from the musical West Side Story (1961) and the play Romeo and Juliet (1595). Both pieces involve young couples falling in love at first sight at a dance/party. Tony and Maria meet again after a dance on the balcony of her fire escape. Romeo sees Juliet while walking through Capulet's orchard. These texts detail these two encounters.

The words screaming and rushed in the passage suggest which tone in the story the metamorphosis a.) tense b.) positive c.) fun d.) formal

Ill she not be here anon? is she not hurrying to upbraid me for my haste? have i not heard her footstep on the stair? do i not distinguish that heavy and horrible beating of her heart? what is the effect of parallelism in this excerpt? it emphasizes usher’s misunderstanding. it emphasizes usher’s love for his sister. it emphasizes usher’s psychological fixation. it emphasizes usher’s melancholy nature.

Read the sentence. thomas jefferson himself worked on a draft of the document. what kind of pronoun is himself?