Part a read these sentences from "the cask of amontillado." "ha! ha! ha! —he! he! he! —a very good joke indeed—an excellent jest. we shall have many a rich laugh about it at the palazzo—he! he! he! " "the amontillado! " i said. "he! he! he! —he! he! he! —yes, the amontillado. but is it not getting late? will not they be awaiting us at the palazzo, the lady fortunato and the rest? let us be gone." how does the author use dialogue in this excerpt? the dialogue foreshadows what will happen to fortunato. the dialogue uses a flashback to show the relationship between fortunato and montresor. the dialogue slows the pace of the narrative to delay the outcome. the dialogue shows that fortunato thinks montresor is playing a joke on him. part b what is the effect of the dialogue in the excerpt in part a? it produces a humorous tone. it builds tension. it provides background. it creates mystery.

Read the passage below and answer the question. marcus had a reputation for being craven. no one had ever seen him do a single brave thing. using context clues, how would you define the word craven in the passage? intense courageous cowardly thoughtful

In addition to academic and extracurricular achievements in school, i am an involved member of my community. i volunteer at the local animal shelter every saturday morning, and i build houses for a nonprofit organization a few times a year with my family. which of these rhetorical devices is most clearly used here? a. inductive logic b. ethos c. parallelism d. text structure

“tell me o swan, your ancient tale” by kabir “the swan” by rilke “spanish dancer” by rilke “your laughter” by pablo neruda “birthplace” by shaffarzadeh “it’s this way” by nazim hikmet “counting small-boned bodies” by robert bly choose two poems that you would like to write about. analyze each poem. study the perspective, or point of view, of the speaker in each of the two poems that you select for this assignment. consider these questions: who is the speaker in each of these poems? what is the speaker’s tone? is there a conflict? is there a message? what does each of the poems have in common? what is different about each of the poems? which literary devices are used in the poems? are these literary devices found in both of the poems? what does the speaker hope to achieve in each of the poems? how are these achievements/goals been met? directions: using the two poems of your choosing, write a clear, concise, two hundred and fifty word essay that compares and contrasts the two poems. make sure you include at least two of the following to support your thesis: tone, point of view, literary devices, and meter.