Read the passage. i pictured myself lazing on a stretch of white sand, a gentle blue sea rocking before me and palm trees rustling behind me. i could go for that. "just think," added josh, "no freezing rain or sub-zero temperatures." "no tornados. no blizzards," contributed kayla. "just lovely, sunny days." which provides the best textual support for the claim that the purpose of this paragraph is to entertain? question 8 options: the personal tone and dialogue the secondary sources referenced the facts expressed the use of first-person point of view

a public planner needs to find out which of the following about an upcoming project impacting their town or area? ⊕⇒c. how the government will make money

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first of all the mood needs to be defined: it is obviously a mood of deceitful relief and serenity. why? because the cape horn is one of the most violent maritime regions of earth and although it has been left behind, it is a personification of ahab’s delirium and the fact that the end of the passage speaks about it about being “hidden” but “raving” immediately conveys the feeling the calm is not permanent but fleeting.

furthermore, the oxymoron “mild stun'sails” is the first instance of such feeling as the adjective “mild” is associated with “stunned” underscoring the fleeting nature of this “tranquil” moment. and the contrasts keep piling up, with the opposition between “dark den” and “blessed light and air” to end with the final conclusion that leaves the reader with the uneasy knowledge that this is just a reprieve.

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