1. The story of the Gold Rush begins with a carpenter noticing several bright bits of yellow mineral near a sawmill on a California ranch.
A. List of items B. Time order

Asking questions from a text while reading with what?

Read this excerpt from the exposition in "the monkey's paw." father and son were at chess, the former, who possessed ideas about the game involving radical changes, putting his king into such sharp and unnecessary perils that it even provoked comment from the white-haired old lady knitting placidly by the fire. what is one piece of information you can infer about the story from this sentence? a. the father in the story is possessed, so he probably says insane things a lot. b. the woman in the story is knitting, so the characters probably don't have good clothes to wear. c. the father is playing chess with the son, but the son is not old enough to know the rules. d. since the father likes taking risks in a game, he might like taking risks in life as well.

How is the consumption of food used as a symbol in the play? what does food stand for in the play? how does oscar wilde use symbolismin his social commentary? use examples from the play to support your answer.