Read the passage from "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings." What is the best analysis of this passage?
I have tried often to search behind the sophistication of years for the enchantment / so easily found in those gifts. The essence escapes but
its aura remains. To be allowed, no, invited, into the private lives of strangers, and to share their joys and fears, was a chance to exchange
the Southern bitter wormwood for a cup of mead with Beowulf or a hot cup of tea and milk with Oliver Twist. When I said aloud, "It is a far,
far better thing that I do, than I have ever done..." tears of love filled my eyes at my selflessness,

A. It persuades the reader because it makes Momma's argument against pride clear.

B. It entertains the reader because it contrasts what Momma says with what she does.

C. It informs the reader because it describes the importance of the Bible in Momma's life.

D. It teaches the reader because it shows one of the codes of conduct Momma lives by

What was the biggest type of pirate ship called?

Which underlined word in the sentence is a demonstrative adjective? these brown shoes fit my feet very well.

Read this passage from “the fall of the house of usher.” which element of gothic literature is not obvious in this passage? as if in the superhuman energy of his utterance there had been found the potency of a spell, the huge antique panels to which the speaker pointed threw slowly back, upon the instant, their ponderous and ebony jaws. it was the work of the rushing gust—but then without those doors there did stand the lofty and enshrouded figure of the lady madeline of usher. there was blood upon her white robes, and the evidence of some bitter struggle upon every portion of her emaciated frame. for a moment she remained trembling and reeling to and fro upon the threshold—then, with a low moaning cry, fell heavily inward upon the person of her brother, and in her violent and now final death agonies, bore him to the floor a corpse, and a victim to the terrors he had anticipated. bleak or remote settings supernatural or otherworldly elements macabre or violent incidents strong language full of dangerous meaning