Read the following paragraph and answer the question that follows: if that voice sounds true, don't me. that great horned owl. (or perhaps it was not an owl after all? ) and the children, my own and others, who have never forgotten that a good story can be true. for they understand that the power of imagination is truly the power of creation. which of the following thoughts is expressed implicitly in the paragraph? (10 points) 1)the author does not think that stories are real. 2)the author wants to his children for merlin's voice. 3)the author does not believe he thought of merlin's voice on his own. 4)the author wants the reader to listen to horned owls.

What are some of the images and diction used by the narrator that evoke the "dream of america"?

Ok which of peter's lines shows that he is using personal experience to understand the reading?

Read the excerpt from the war of the worlds, in which the crowd begins to disperse just before the first martian exits the cylinder.when i returned to the common the sun was setting. scattered groups were hurrying from the direction of woking, and one or two persons were returning. the crowd about the pit had increased, and stood out black against the lemon yellow of the sky—a couple of hundred people, perhaps. there were raised voices, and some sort of struggle appeared to be going on about the pit. strange imaginings passed through my mind. as i drew nearer i heard stent's voice: "keep back! keep back! "a boy came running towards me."it's a-movin'," he said to me as he passed; 'a-screwin' and a-screwin' out. i don't like it. i'm a-goin' 'ome, i am."what options accurately depict the impact of the boy's words on pacing within the excerpt? (select all that apply.)the war of the worldsthe setting is in england, so the boy's words provide the reader with the dialect of the area. even though that slows down the plot, the boy's words contain important information.the plot's forward movement is slow at the beginning of the excerpt because there is little action. the boy's words increase the tension and counteract that lag.the narrator is not close enough to see clearly into the pit, so the boy's words provide the narrator with the information he needs, which moves the plot forward.the boy's words serve to speed up the pacing of the plot because, as he is talking to the narrator, he is running past him to get away.the narrator is not close enough to see clearly into the pit, so the boy's words provide the narrator with the information he needs, which moves the plot forward.wrong? the boy's words serve to speed up the pacing of the plot because, as he is talking to the narrator, he is running past him to get away.