Me and Rhett Will sing in the talent show this week, what are the subject and what are the verbs

Besides the skull and cross bones what other shape sometimes appeared on flags flown by pirates?

Awriter uses exposition to describe the setting of the story, an empty mansion that is dark and foreboding. then he introduces the reader to the two main characters, a couple who are young and naïve. what emotion is the author most likely trying to create in the reader through this exposition?

:) if you could invent, create, or do anything, what would it be? and why?