Think about how the story is told in Dracula Chapter 7. We start out with a corpse on an otherwise empty ship. Later, the tale unfolds from the ship's log. What effect does this have on the tension or growing suspense in the story. What kind of irony is experienced as the tale of the boat unfolds? Does Stoker's technique work on the reader?

Read the opening lines of sojourner truth's speech "ain't i a woman? " well, children, where there is so much racket there must be something out of kilter. i think that 'twixt the negroes of the south and the women at the north, all talking about rights, the white men will be in a fix pretty soon. but what's all this here talking about? what tone do these lines convey?