Read the first stanza from "the raven." once upon a midnight dreary, while i pondered, weak and weary, over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore– while i nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, as of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. "'tis some visitor," i muttered, "tapping at my chamber door– only this and nothing more." which best describes the scene that the author is setting through the use of imagery in the stanza?
a. the speaker is up late at night reading and hears a knocking sound.
b. the speaker is sleeping and is awakened by someone calling to him.
c. the speaker is reading a ghost story and imagines that he sees a ghost.
d. the speaker is napping and does not hear a visitor who taps on the door.

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Which sentence is written correctly? mrs. ellis, a petite woman, wore the finest dresses from paris. mrs. ellis a petite woman, wore the finest dresses from paris. mrs. ellis, a petite woman wore the finest dresses from paris. mrs. ellis a petite woman wore the finest dresses from paris.

Read the excerpt below and answer the question. there was a moment, in time, and in this place, when my brother, or my mother, or my father, or my sister, had to convey to me, for example, the danger in which i was standing from the white man standing just behind me, and to convey this with a speed, and in a language, that the white man could not possibly understand, and that, indeed, he cannot understand, until today. he cannot afford to understand it. this understanding would reveal to him too much about himself, and smash that mirror before which he has been frozen for so long. this excerpt from "if black english isn't a language, then tell me, what is? " is significant because -select all that apply- hughes imagines himself as a black slave. hughes uses black english to emphasize his argument. hughes uses a historical example to explain the origins of language. hughes explains the significance that black english holds for white people.