Read this excerpt from Charles Dickens's novel Great Expectations:
The most prominent object was a long table with a
tablecloth spread on it. ... An'épergne or centre-piece of
some kind was in the middle of this cloth; it was so heavily
overhung with cobwebs that its form was quite
undistinguishable
"What do you think that is?" she asked me, again
pointing with her stick; "that, where those cobwebs are?"..
"It's a great cake. A bride-cake. Mine!"
What does the cake most likely symbolize?

What is the purpose of freewriting during the research process? to develop ideas for poems to create a journal to submit with a research paper to brainstorm initial ideas for a topic to extend the research process time line o

Read the excerpt from frederick douglass’s speech “what to the slave is the fourth of july? ”go where you may, search where you will, roam through all the monarchies and despotisms of the old world, travel through south america, search out every abuse, and when you have found the last, lay your facts by the side of the everyday practices of this nation, and you will say with me, that, for revolting barbarity and shameless hypocrisy, america reigns without a rival. what is one way that douglass achieves his purpose of persuading the reader to see his point of view? by relating as many facts and statistics to the reader as possibleby using familiar and casual language to make the reader feel comfortableby using gentle language to evoke a sense of calm and tranquilityby repeating the word “you” to directly relate to the reader

Describe the cluster of trailers from the loch ness monster by john mcphee