What is the lead in the news story? timothy mathers, age 11, could well become the boy wonder of los angeles, having defeated seasoned adults at the annual state chess tournament yesterday. the annual competition held in the county hall erupted into wild applause as timothy beat arnold tanton (age 35), a hat-trick winner, within 35 minutes. photographers went crazy the moment the boy checkmated his shocked opponent. although tanton was a seasoned player, he took his defeat sportingly, grabbing the boy’s hand in a warm gesture of congratulation. he is sure to remember this game for a long time in his career. michela mathers, timothy’s mother, is ecstatic and is considering how to prepare him for greater challenges in what, until yesterday, was only a hobby for the 11-year-old.

How is the freytag's pyramid not related to the conclusion of the story? a) according to freytag's pyramid, the exposition consists of the conclusion of the story. b)according to freytag's pyramid, the exposition consists of the climax. c)according to freytag's pyramid, the exposition consists of the introductory material. d)according to freytag's pyramid, the exposition consists of the falling action of the story.

Read this paragraph from chapter 5 of the prince. there are, for example, the spartans and the romans. the spartans held athens and thebes, establishing there an oligarchy: nevertheless they lost them. the romans, in order to hold capua, carthage, and numantia, dismantled them, and did not lose them. they wished to hold greece as the spartans held it, making it free and permitting its laws, and did not succeed. so to hold it they were compelled to dismantle many cities in the country, for in truth there is no safe way to retain them otherwise than by ruining them. and he who becomes master of a city accustomed to freedom and does not destroy it, may expect to be destroyed by it, for in rebellion it has always the watchword of liberty and its ancient privileges as a rallying point, which neither time nor benefits will ever cause it to forget. and whatever you may do or provide against, they never forget that name or their privileges unless they are disunited or dispersed, but at every chance they immediately rally to them, as pisa after the hundred years she had been held in bondage by the florentines. what idea is stressed in the passage? the desire for liberty the establishment of an oligarchy the dismantling of an acquired state the tendency toward rebellion

In the poem i felt a funeral, in my brain what rhyme scheme does the poet use and how does it contribute to the poem?