Read the excerpt from "Stray." Doris hugged the puppy hard against her. She said nothing.
Which statement best analyzes how the excerpt contributes to the plot of the story?

A. Doris is disrespectful to her parents. Her attitude toward her parents creates conflict between herself and her parents.

B. Doris is afraid to lose the puppy. Her fear helps the reader to better understand her character.

C. Doris loves the puppy. Her affection for the puppy helps to establish the main conflict in the story.

D. Doris refuses to believe that her parents will send the puppy away. Her refusal makes the rising action more intense.

You seal resign myself to you also i guess what you mean, i behold from the beach your crooked inviting fingers, i believe you refuse to go back without feeling of me, we must have a turn together, i undress, hurry me out of sight of the land, cushion me soft, rock me in billowy drowse, dash me with amorous wet, i can repay you. in this excerpt from "song of myself," which literary device does whitman use to address the sea? alliteration allusion apostrophe onomatopoeia

What does atticus do after sunday dinner and why does it seem unusual

Examine the imagery in these lines of the poem "the legend" by garrett hongo. he is asian, thai or vietnamese, and very skinny, dressed as one of the poor in rumpled suit pants and a plaid mackinaw, dingy and too large. he negotiates the slick of ice on the sidewalk by his car, opens the fairlane's back door, leans to place the laundry in, and turns, for an instant, toward the flurry of footsteps and cries of pedestrians as a boy—that's all he was— backs from the corner package store shooting a pistol, firing it, once, at the dumbfounded man who falls forward, grabbing at his chest. how does the imagery in these lines affect the reader’s experience of the poem? check all that apply. it creates a visual picture of the man. it conveys what the scene sounds like. it describes the actions of the boy. it reveals the poet’s opinion of the characters. it encourages readers to care for the characters. it shows the resolution of a conflict. it explains the reasons for the event.