Read the passage from “initiation.”

"get up, gopher," bev ordered.

there was something about her tone that annoyed millicent. it was almost malicious. and there was an unpleasant anonymity about the label "gopher," even if that was what they always called the girls being initiated. it was degrading, like being given a number. it was a denial of individuality.

rebellion flooded through her.

"i said get up. are you deaf? "

millicent got up, standing there.

"into the house, gopher. there's a bed to be made and a room to be cleaned at the top of the stairs."

this is an example of external conflict because it features character vs.

a. character
b. nature
c. self
d. society

Select the correct answer. which groups fought in the trojan war? a. mycenaeans and minoans b. greeks and trojans c. minoans and greeks d. minoans, mycenaeans, and trojans

The words screaming and rushed in the passage suggest which tone in the story the metamorphosis a.) tense b.) positive c.) fun d.) formal

1. find at least 9 adjectives from this opening passage used to describe the setting of the story- "to build a fire" setting: day had broken cold and gray, exceedingly cold and gray, when the man turned aside from the main yukon trail and climbed the high earth-bank, where a dim and little-travelled trail led eastward through the fat spruce timberland. it was a steep bank, and he paused for breath at the top, excusing the act to himself by looking at his watch. it was nine o'clock. there was no sun nor hint of sun, through there was not a cloud in the sky. it was a clear day, and yet there seemed an intangible pall over the face of things, subtle gloom that made the day dark, and that was due to the absence of sun. this fact did not worry the man. he was used to the lack of sun. it had been days since he had seen the sun, and he knew that a few more days must pass before that cheerful orb, due south, would just peep above the sky-line and dip immediately from view.