Excerpt from Mrs. Bultfrog Nathaniel Hawthome
* The same morning that Mrs. Balthog and I came together as a unit, we took two seats in the stage-coach and began our
journey towards my place of business. There being no other passengers, we were as much alone and as free to give vent to
our raptures as if I had hired a hack for the matrimonial aunt.
The author is considering changing sentence of paragraph 4 to read
The same moming that is long and I came together and got itched me and her took two seats in the stage couch and
guter une towards y place of Business
The proposed revision would not be good because it
changes the point of view of the passage.
changes the chronological order of events
puts too much emphasis on the fact that they got married
D)
adds informal language that is inconsistent with the passage

Read these sentences from thr excerpt. what the most dreaded, that i most desired. what he most loved, i most hated. that which to him was a great evil, to be carefully shunned, was to me a great good, to be diligently sought; and the argument which he so warmly urged, against my learning to read, only served to inspire me with a desire and determination to learn. which statement best explains why the author uses parallel structure to advance his purpose?

In the poem, collins compares his love to a pigeon on a generals head

In this excerpt from "a modest proposal" by jonathan swift, which important issue does the writer deal with using a satirical tone? some persons of a desponding spirit are in great concern about that vast number of poor people, who are aged, diseased, or maimed; and i have been desired to employ my thoughts what course may be taken, to ease the nation of so grievous an incumbrance. but i am not in the least pain upon that matter, because it is very well known, that they are every day dying, and rotting, by cold and famine, and filth, and vermin, as fast as can be reasonably expected. and as to the young labourers, they are now in almost as hopeful a condition. they cannot get work, and consequently pine away from want of nourishment, to a degree, that if at any time they are accidentally hired to common labour, they have not strength to perform it, and thus the country and themselves are happily delivered from the evils to come. a. old, sickly people cannot be hired as laborers because they don't have the physical stamina required for the job. b. old, sickly people and young laborers are useless to the nation because they cannot be productive citizens. c. the economy of the nation is burdened by the poor, the old, and the sickly who survive on charity and handouts. d. the living conditions of the poor and their lack of employment opportunities are serious concerns for the nation. reset next