One morning shortly after breakfast, Ahab, as was his wont, ascended the cabin—gangway to the deck. There most sea-captains usually walk at that hour, as country gentlemen, after the same meal, take a few turns in the garden.
Soon his steady, ivory stride was heard, as to and fro he paced his old rounds, upon planks so familiar to his tread, that they were all over dented, like geological stones, with the peculiar mark of his walk. Did you fixedly gaze, too, upon that ribbed and dented brow; there also, you would see still stranger foot-prints — the footprints of his one unsleeping, ever—pacing thought.
What purposes does this chapter beginning serve? Check the three best answers.
It sets the scene.
It introduces a new character.
It foreshadows doom.
It uses word choice to convey important images and symbols.
It connects to larger themes in the text.
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English, 22.06.2019 02:30, alethhaaa
Which choice is a major detail from paragraph two? a) the great wall is a large network of several walls and towers. b) the great wall looks like a long wall snaking its way across china. c) the great wall was constructed over hundreds of years beginning in 221 b. c. d) the great wall construction encouraged several independent kingdoms to unite.
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English, 22.06.2019 04:00, cranfordjacori
I’ve given a lot of thought to what one of them should be, and the answer seems clear.
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