Read the excerpt from willa cather's review of the awakening from the pittsburgh leader, july 8, 1899
an author's choice of themes is frequently as inexplicable as his choice of a wife. it is governed by some innate
temperamental bias that cannot be diagrammed. this is particularly so in women who write, and i shall not attempt to
say why miss chopin has devoted so exquisite and sensitive, well-governed a style to so trite and sordid a theme.
she writes much better than it is ever given to most people to write, and hers is a genuinely literary style.
what is willa cather's response to chopin's writing?
cather is critical of chopin's complicated plot.
cather is critical of chopin's writing style
cather is critical of chopin's temperamental characters
cather is critical of chopin's choice of themes

Don't eat the mushroom its poisonous

Read the quotation from "an occurrence at owl creek bridge." and now he became conscious of a new disturbance. striking through the thought of his dear ones was a sound which he could neither ignore nor understand, a sharp, distinct, metallic percussion like the stroke of a blacksmith’s hammer upon the anvil; it had the same ringing quality. he wondered what it was, and whether immeasurably distant or near by—it seemed both. its recurrence was regular, but as slow as the tolling of a death knell. he awaited each stroke with impatience and—he knew not why—apprehension. the intervals of silence grew progressively longer, the delays became maddening. with their greater infrequency the sounds increased in strength and sharpness. they hurt his ear like the thrust of a knife; he feared he would shriek. what he heard was the ticking of his watch. which best describes the effect of the narration in the excerpt? it suggests that the man being executed feels tranquil and at peace. it suggests that the narrator is sympathetic to the man being executed. it suggests that the plot will become less tense as the story continues. it suggests that the story will become more intense and mysterious.

Read the lines from "there was a child went forth" and answer the question. and the apple-trees cover'd with blossoms, and the fruit afterward, and wood-berries, and the commonest weeds by the road; and the old drunkard staggering home from the out-house of the tavern, whence he had lately risen, and the school-mistress that pass'd on her way to the school, and the friendly boys that pass'd—and the quarrelsome boys, and the tidy and fresh-cheek'd girls—and the barefoot negro boy and girl, and all the changes of city and country, wherever he went. which poetic device is exemplified in this stanza? select all that apply. allegory anaphora imagery metaphor