Read this excerpt from the grapes of wrath:
and the tenant men came walking back, hands in their pockets, hats pulled down. some bought a pint and drank it fast to make the impact hard and stunning. but they didn't laugh and they didn't dance. they didn't sing or pick the guitars. they walked back to the farms, hands in pockets and heads down, shoes kicking the red dust up.
which best describes how the diction supports the tone of this passage?
a. the repetition of phrases that are similar in structure creates parallelism and emphasizes the idea of loss.
b. referring to the farmers as "they" conveys the idea that the farmers belong to a different social class than the author.
c. the author uses the words "red dust" to symbolize the hard work that the farmers did just to feed their families.
d. phrases such as "didn't laugh" and "heads down" convey sadness toward the farmers being driven from their land.

Hat do the words partial, palatial, and potential have in common? they have the same prefix. they have the same suffix. they have similar meanings. they have the same word root.

How dose religion today compared to the puritans idea of religion

Read the excerpt from act 1, scene 3, of julius caesar. cassius. am i not stayed for? tell me. cinna. yes, you are. o cassius, if you could but win the noble brutus to our party— cassius. be you content. good cinna, take this paper and look you lay it in the praetor’s chair, where brutus may but find it. and throw this in at his window. set this up with wax upon old brutus’ statue. all this done, repair to pompey’s porch, where you shall find us. is decius brutus and trebonius there? cinna. all but metellus cimber, and he’s gone to seek you at your house. well, i will hie, and so bestow these papers as you bade me. cassius. that done, repair to pompey’s theatre. what is cassius’s motivation for sending brutus the letter? cassius wants to make sure that cinna is on his side. cassius wants to reassure cinna that brutus will follow them. cassius wants to sway brutus to kill caesar. cassius wants to alert brutus about the conspiracy against him.