Review the excerpt from lee child’s "a simple way to create suspense".

i learned that fact in my first job. i worked in television production from 1977 until 1995, and the business changed radically during that time, mainly because of one particular invention.

compare to this excerpt from the npr interview with karin slaughter.

and being a southern author, you know, i grew up with flannery o'connor, and i love reading her essays because she was such a—not just a wonderful writer, but she was wonderful at talking about writing.

which is true about the two excerpts?
a. both writers share personal anecdotes to develop their central ideas.
b. both writers use their work experience to develop their central ideas.
c. both writers were influenced by flannery o’connor.
d. both writers worked in television production.

Read the opening lines of sojourner truth's speech "ain't i a woman? " well, children, where there is so much racket there must be something out of kilter. i think that 'twixt the negroes of the south and the women at the north, all talking about rights, the white men will be in a fix pretty soon. but what's all this here talking about? what tone do these lines convey?

Which statement best describes the use of satire in this passage? read the passage from chapter 7 of animal farm as clover looked down the hillside her eyes filled with tears. if she could have spoken her thoughts, it would have been to say that this was not what they had aimed at when they had set themselves years ago to work for the overthrow of the human race. these scenes of terror and slaughter were not what they had looked forward to on that night when old major first stirred them to rebellion. if she herself had had any picture of the future, it had been of a society of animals set free from hunger and the whip, all equal, each working according to his capacity, the strong protecting the weak, as she had protected the lost brood of ducklings with her foreleg on the night of major's speech. instead-she did not know why—they had come to a time when no one dared speak his mind, when fierce, growling dogs roamed everywhere, and when you had to watch your comrades torn to pieces after confessing to shocking crimes. there was no thought of rebellion or parody is used to illustrate the impact of stalin's purge. ridicule is used to show the gullibility of the russian citizens. reversal is used to show how clover, representing the people, has changed ideals. personification is used to show the reader stalin's thoughts and feelings

How does richard lovelace depict war in this excerpt from “to lucasta, going to the wars”?