PLEASE HURRY, THIS IS DUE TODAY! BRAINLIEST FOR WHOEVER CAN ANSWER THIS FIRST. ALSO, 30 POINTS ARE AVAILABLE It was awful cold when the Old Man hit me on the ribs with his elbow and said, "Get up, boy and fix that fire." The stars were still up, frosty in the sky, and wind was whistling around the corners of the tent. You could see the fire flicker just a little against the black of the swamp. Mr. Howard was asleep on the other side of me, snoring on his pine-needle bed. His mustache was moving like a March gras in the wind.

With great effort I walked out into the night. The only sounds were the crickets and the snoring from the other tent. There were two kinds of snores. One was squeaky. And the other one sounded like a bull caught in a bared wire fence. I knew the bull sound came from Pete.

Our only information about Mr. Howard comes through -

A. actions.

B. dialogue.

C. appearance.

D. his thoughts.

Langston hughes cited walt whitman as one of his greatest influences and some believe that hughes wrote "i, too, sing america" in response to whitman's "i hear america singing." using on whitman's poem. consider aspects such as structure, there, word, choice, etc., as you craft your response. your response will be scored on how well you: -demonstrate your understanding of the ideas of the text -use evidence from the text to develop and support your ideas -organize your response in a logical manner -demonstrate an appropriate writing style through the use of precise word choice and varied sentences -use standard conventions for writing

Read the quotation from "an occurrence at owl creek bridge." and now he became conscious of a new disturbance. striking through the thought of his dear ones was a sound which he could neither ignore nor understand, a sharp, distinct, metallic percussion like the stroke of a blacksmith’s hammer upon the anvil; it had the same ringing quality. he wondered what it was, and whether immeasurably distant or near by—it seemed both. its recurrence was regular, but as slow as the tolling of a death knell. he awaited each stroke with impatience and—he knew not why—apprehension. the intervals of silence grew progressively longer, the delays became maddening. with their greater infrequency the sounds increased in strength and sharpness. they hurt his ear like the thrust of a knife; he feared he would shriek. what he heard was the ticking of his watch. which best describes the effect of the narration in the excerpt? it suggests that the man being executed feels tranquil and at peace. it suggests that the narrator is sympathetic to the man being executed. it suggests that the plot will become less tense as the story continues. it suggests that the story will become more intense and mysterious.

Which tense allows for an event that began in the past to carry into the present moment in time