Critical Reading The questions below refer to the selection “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.” Which character could you leave out of a summary of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight? a. King Arthur b. the lady of the castle near the Green Chapel c. the lord of the castle near the Green Chapel d. Guenevere Please select the best answer from the choices provided

Used for an event that has been completed before the present moment in time. simple past past perfect perfect progressive past perfect progressive

Returning from vietnam, we were given a parade. crowds of screaming people waving signs — not just on one road, one day. no, they were everywhere. every day. on the streets, on the television, on the radio. a hot, angry tangle of shaking fists and ugly words that threatened us like a monster with a hundred heads. our country had chewed us up and spit us out, and now we were being treated as if it were our fault. which sentence best uses figurative language to match the paragraph's tone? a. our feet were frozen in place as the street itself strained to hold us back. b. i felt unappreciated and condemned for actions i had thought were heroic. c. i hadn't expected to find myself in a rags-to-riches situation such as this. d. we had come home to a feeding frenzy and were being treated as bait.

What can a writer describe about two characters to develop their personalities? their communication the setting the exposition a transition