THE CRUCIBLE-In order to alleviate (lessen) the awkwardness between them, John and Elizabeth engage in “small talk,” meaning that they discuss insignificant subjects to pass the time. List three such subjects:

Which statement best summarizes this excerpt from leo tolstoy's the death of ivan ilyich? and in imagination he began to recall the best moments of his pleasant life. but strange to say none of those best moments of his pleasant life now seemed at all what they had then seemed—none of them except the first recollections of childhood. there, in childhood, there had been something really pleasant with which it would be possible to live if it could return. but the child who had experienced that happiness existed no longer, it was like a reminiscence of somebody else.

They also make slight swaying movements to mimic leaves and grass moved by the wind. based on the text, to mimic is most likely which of the following? avoid copy make mock

Marvell's poem is in fact an argument consisting of three logically related points. in at least 150 words, identify each point and trace the speaker's argument from proposition to conclusion. you may find it to identify the transitional word or phrase that marks the beginning of each part of the argument. support your analysis of the argument with details from the poem.