Read the passage from the novel alice’s adventures in wonderland, by lewis carroll. “have you guessed the riddle yet? ” the hatter said, turning to alice again. “no, i give it up,” alice replied: “what's the answer? ” “i haven't the slightest idea,” said the hatter. “nor i,” said the march hare. how does the writer use sentence structure to speed up the pace? a. by removing all the punctuation b. by using short, punchy phrases c. by using complex sentences with several clauses d. by using long sentences and formal language

Read this excerpt from the exposition in "the monkey's paw." father and son were at chess, the former, who possessed ideas about the game involving radical changes, putting his king into such sharp and unnecessary perils that it even provoked comment from the white-haired old lady knitting placidly by the fire. what is one piece of information you can infer about the story from this sentence? a. the father in the story is possessed, so he probably says insane things a lot. b. the woman in the story is knitting, so the characters probably don't have good clothes to wear. c. the father is playing chess with the son, but the son is not old enough to know the rules. d. since the father likes taking risks in a game, he might like taking risks in life as well.

Analyze how edgar allan poe's choice of setting in "the raven" to develop the speaker's character. be sure to use specific details from the poem to support your ideas.

(the black cat poem) where does the writer fail to support her points with evidence? what evidence from the story would you suggest adding to support these points?