Read the excerpt from "the yellow wallpaper." i don’t like our room a bit. i wanted one downstairs that opened on the piazza and had roses all over the window, and such pretty old-fashioned chintz hangings! but john would not hear of it. he said there was only one window and not room for two beds, and no near room for him if he took another. he is very careful and loving, and hardly lets me stir without special direction. which statement describes a gothic element in this excerpt that reflects a social attitude of gilman’s time?

Which three of the following choices are advantages of using active voice a) engages readers b) less wordy c) conceals the subject d) less confusing e) object acted on is given importance

Read the selection below and answer the question. an open boat by alfred noyes o, what is that whimpering there in the darkness? 

 'let him lie in my arms. he is breathing, i know.
 look. i'll wrap all my hair round his neck' – the sea's rising,
 the boat must be lightened. he's dead. he must go.' 


 see - quick - by that flash, where the bitter foam tosses, 
 the cloud of white faces, in the black open boat, 
 and the wild pleading woman that clasps her dead lover 
 and wraps her loose hair round his breast and his throat.
 'come, lady, he's dead.' - 'no, i feel his heart beating,
 he's living, i know. but he's numbed with the cold. 
 see, i'm wrapping my hair all around him to warm him.' -
- 'no. we can't keep the dead, dear. come, loosen your hold.

 'come. loosen your fingers.' - 'o god, let me keep him! ' -
 o, hide it, black night! let the winds have their way! 
 and there are no voices or ghosts from that darkness, 
 to fret the bare seas at the breaking of day. the rhyme scheme of "an open boat" is abcb abab abba aabc

Summarize the article. be sure to cover the pros and cons of the four methods of waste management