What is one purpose of an introductory paragraph in an interpretive essay on a novel?

a.
to present facts about the thesis

b.
to provide textual evidence to support the thesis

c.
to provide a full summary of the novel

d.
to give basic background information about the novel

Read the list of events from the first third of in his steps below and arrange them in chronological order. the crisis of powers' decision about the law violation. norman applies the challenge to the newspaper. rachel dedicates her voice to the lord. dedication of wright and marsh to political involvement in the rectangle problems. resignation of powers. arrival of the shabby stranger. maxwell's challenge to first church. maxwell's speech to the working men. rachel and virginia struggle with how christ would act in their cases. dedication of maxwell to the ministry in the rectangle. norman faces public reaction to the challenge.

Explain how dave’s search for adulthood in ,the man who was almost a man” reflects the africa-american desire to escape the poverty of the south at the time the story was written.

In the song mallam sile sings in lines 113 through 130 the knife probably represents