3. Why should you first consider the author's purpose before evaluating a work? A. so that you will not be tricked by any of the devices used by the author
B. so that you can decide if the work accomplishes that purpose
so that you can understand C. how the plot relates to the theme
D. so that you can identify the theme of the literary work

Why does henry david thoreau think imprisonment is ineffective?

Awell-written summary should be used o in place of reading an original text to you review something that you have already read

Read the excerpt from "the love song of j. alfred prufrock." and indeed there will be time to wonder, “do i dare? ” and, “do i dare? ” time to turn back and descend the stair, with a bald spot in the middle of my hair— [they will say: “how his hair is growing thin! ”] my morning coat, my collar mounting firmly to the chin, my necktie rich and modest, but asserted by a simple pin— [they will say: “but how his arms and legs are thin! ”] do i dare disturb the universe? in a minute there is time for decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse. which lines indicate that the speaker is concerned about what others think of him?