Check three things that are not part of writing a literary critique for a short story: summarize the plot briefly briefly give author's background develop strengths of minor characters give strengths and weaknesses point out examples of style give detailed plot summary identify characters make the conflict clear keep objective and opinion free recommend to certain type of reader check six things you learned about writing the short story: develop interesting characters write meaningful dialogue determine one point of view plan the plot carefully make denouement long and detailed avoid figures of speech give characters neutral names revise carefully develop at least one minor character fully have a definite theme in mind

If a text made the claim that act iv was the most important act in the entire play, what evidence could you find to prove the accuracy of that claim? list one piece of evidence from the text to support that claim.

Plzzz me needs a hyphen or no hyphen 1. laura, a friendly little girl, says hello to everyone she passes 2. my uncle is well known jazz musician 3. our school's winning football record is welll known 4. the angry looking woman was having a heated discussion with the store manager.

When i was young enough to still spend a long time buttoning my shoes in the morning, i'd listen toward the hall: daddy upstairs was shaving, in the bathroom, and mother downstairs was frying the bacon. they would begin whispering back and forth to each other up and down the stairwell. my father would whistle his phrase, my mother would try to whistle, then hum hers backi drew my buttonhook in and out and listened to it -know it was "the merry widow." the difference was, their song almost floated with laughter. how different from the record, which growled from the beginning, as if the victrola were only slowly being wound up. they kept it running between them, up and down the stairs where i was now just about ready to run clattering down and show them my shoes. what is the effect of the parallelism used in the above excerpt? it establishes the rhythm of a duet to echo the song. it expresses the same ideas. it mirrors opposite ideas. it is a paradox.