Read the excerpt from the passage. He had pleaded hard to the Tribunal, in which some members were asleep and some awake, for his life and freedom.
Waylan is writing a paper on A Tale of Two Cites by Charles Dickens. Which of the writer's commentaries is supported by the
excerpt?
O A. Doctor Manette was confused about whether his son-in-law would be found guilty.
ОВ. Because the story takes place during the French Revolution, there is no legal system.
OC. Doctor Manette argued passionately, despite the lack of attention from the members of the Tribunal.
OD. As the original court system had been overthrown, Doctor Manette had no way to argue his case.

You are reading an informational text for english class, and you find a lot of words you don't know. your teacher says you don't need to look up all of them in the dictionary, only the ones you need to get the main point of the text. how could text features you figure out which words to look up?

Read these lines from denise levertov's poem "in thai binh (peace) province": it is that life, unhurried, sure, persistent, i must bring home when i try to bring the war home. child, river, light. here the future, fabled bird that has migrated way from america, nests, and breeds, and sings, common as any sparrow. which statement best interprets the author's use of metaphor in these lines? a. the metaphor of home suggests that american foreign policy should turn inward. b. the metaphor of the river suggests that life moves ear forward. c. the metaphor of the fabled bird suggests that the war has left americans divided. d. the metaphor of the fabled bird suggests that vietnam will rise to fight again.

1. in the bold portion of the narrative, the author tries to use a flashback to develop tension. however, the flashback does not create tension. rewrite the flashback scene so it develops tension right at the beginning of the story. (15 points)