Read the excerpt from their eyes were watching god. tea cake felt sorry for him without knowing why. so he didn’t blurt out the insults he had intended. but he couldn’t hold in everything. they talked about the prospects for the coming season for a moment, then tea cake said, “yo’ wife don’t seem tuh have nothin’ much tuh do, so she kin visit uh lot. mine got too much tuh do tuh go visitin’ and too much tuh spend time talkin’ tuh folks dat visit her.” which best describes tea cake’s intent in mentioning janie and mrs. turner to mr. turner? he hopes mr. turner can influence mrs. turner to visit less frequently. he wants mr. turner to encourage mrs. turner to find fulfilling activities. he wants to show mr. turner that janie works harder than mrs. turner. he hopes to encourage mr. turner to visit him along with mrs. turner.

Listening is also important because you spend more time listening than participating in any other communication activity. in fact, you spend more time listening to others than doing almost anything else. typical americans spend more than 80 percent of any average day communicating with other people l. they spend 45 percent of that communication time listening to others. which sentence states the main idea?

Would the essay be more effective in explaining the concept of dead reckoning if you knew from the beginning that ahmed is an ant?

Read the excerpts from part 3 of "an occurrence at owl creek bridge." a rising sheet of water curved over him, fell down upon him, blinded him, strangled him! the cannon had taken a hand in the game. as he shook his head free from the commotion of the smitten water he heard the deflected shot humming through the air ahead, and in an instant it was cracking and smashing the branches in the forest beyond. *** a whiz and rattle of grapeshot among the branches high above his head roused him from his dream. the baffled cannoneer had fired him a random farewell. he sprang to his feet, rushed up the sloping bank, and plunged into the forest. *** as he is about to clasp her he feels a stunning blow upon the back of the neck; a blinding white light blazes all about him with a sound like the shock of a cannon—then all is darkness and silence! what function does the motif of the cannon serve throughout the story? the cannon continually pushes farquhar to continue his journey through his dream and back to reality. the cannon encourages farquhar to investigate whether his escape was a dream or reality. the cannon reminds farquhar that time is subjective and encourages him to move quickly in order to reach his home. the cannon represents farquhar’s romantic dream that he escaped his execution and will return home.