Assessment Salery/start/4861 Week 32 Assessment
POSSIBLE POINTS: 1.25
PARTA In paragraph 1, the author describes behavior that is customary amongst welbred officials. How is this description important to the passage?
It explains the narrator's beliefs about the way Akaky's colleagues should treat each other.
O suggests the extent to which Akaky has failed to perform well in his position
it hints at the ways in which Akakly believes his situation to be worse than tis.
It magnifies the isolation and humiliation that characterize Akakly's situation
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What does the first line in this stanza from old ironsides by oliver wendell holmes tell the reader about the ship

Read the following excerpt from life on the mississippi by mark twain. no girl could withstand his charms. he "cut out" every boy in the village. when his boat blew up at last, it diffused a tranquil contentment among us such as we had not known for months. but when he came home the next week, alive, renowned, and appeared in church all battered up and bandaged, a shining hero, stared at and wondered over by everybody, it seemed to us that the partiality of providence for an undeserving reptile had reached a point where it was open to criticism. how does twain's use of understatement serve his purpose? be sure to use specific details from the text to support your answer.

Select the correct answer. which of these lines from “the raven” by edgar allan poe to create the dark and gloomy tone of the poem? a. "'tis some visiter entreating entrance at my chamber door— some late visiter entreating entrance at my chamber door; b. once upon a midnight dreary, while i pondered weak and weary, over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore— c. "and so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door, that i scarce was sure i heard you"—here i opened wide the door— d. bird or beast above the sculptured bust above his chamber door, with such name as "nevermore." hurry