When all the people had assembled in the galleries, and the king, surrounded by his court, sat high up on his
throne of royal state on one side of the arena, he gave a
signal, a door beneath him opened, and the accused
subject stepped out into the amphitheater. Directly
opposite him, on the other side of the inclosed space,
were two doors, exactly alike and side by side. It was the
duty and the privilege of the person on trial to walk
directly to these doors and open one of them.
- "The Lady, or the Tiger?," Frank R. Stockton
If you were telling this passage from the point of view
of the accused, what descriptive language would help
show the experience?
the appearance of the king and the sound of his
court
the appearance of the accused and the sound of
the king's signal
the distance of the walk to the doors and the sound
of the excited crowd
the size of the king's court and the sound of the
tiger

Ineed .. read the passage, and choose the two (2) inferences that are most firmly based on the given information. eye contact, also referred to as gaze, is how—and how much—we look at peoplewith whom we are communicating. eye contact has several purposes incommunication.its presence shows that we are paying attention. in addition, how we look at a person reveals a range of emotions such as affection, anger, or fear. moreover, intensity of eye contact may also be used to show dominance. for instance, we talk of someone “staring another person down.” finally, through ou reye contact we can check the effect of our communication. by maintaining our eye contact, we can tell when or whether people are paying attention to us, when people are involved in what we are saying, and what their feelings are about what we are saying. 1. eye contact can be a clue to what we feel and what our listeners feel. 2. our eyes are more important than our ears in effective communication. 3. eye contact can never reveal how much power one person has overanother. 4. sometimes a parent can control children just