Lpretest: unit 2 question 17 of 24 1 point what makes reading 2 of poe's "the bells" more suitable for appreciating the language of the poem? 0: 00: 00 hear the sledges with the bells, silver bells! what a world of merriment their melody foretells! how they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle,

the present continuous is a verb tense which is mainly used to indicates that an action is in progress at the moment of speaking.  

it is formed using: person + verb to be (am/is/are) +verb + - ing form  

example: i am studying at this moment .

in addition, the present continuous is also used in order to express things that will or will not happen in the near future.

example: i am having dinner with some friends tonight.

the speaker sometimes   uses it   to express that an action is repeated and it causes irritation on the part of the speaker

example: my sister is constantly complaining about everything.

ian mortimer in his book "the time traveller's guide to elizabethan england" uses a narrative in his style, which successfully conveys a clear description of the life in england in the 16th century. he writes in second person, which makes it comfortable to reader and easy to understand, he captures the readers attention with views of the landscape, the streets, the people including rich and poor. he also depicts some cultural traits from how people behave, eat or what they wear. his descriptions range from the social, economical, the political power to the examples of the life of common people. it could be tell that this book is about social history rather than a   novel.

as marlow travels down the river towards kurtz's inner station, their steamboat is attacked by african natives. interestingly, marlow notices that the natives are only shooting small arrows the size of twigs at the steamboat in an attempt to scare them away and halt their journey.

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