The daughter could not see far in front of her and continued to play with her fingers. although the old woman lived in this desolate spot with only her daughter and she had never seen mr. shiftlet before, she could tell, even from a distance, that he was a tramp and no one to be afraid of. his left coat sleeve was folded up to show there was only half an arm in it and his gaunt figure listed slightly to the side as if the breeze were pushing him. he had on a black town suit and a brown felt hat that was turned up in the front and down in the back and he carried a tin tool box by a handle. he came on, at an amble, up her road, his face turned toward the sun which appeared to be balancing itself on the peak of a small mountain.
what technique does o’connor use in the paragraph to create compelling characters?
a. detailed descriptions
b. vivid dialogue
c. multiple settings
d. believable motivations

Which literary device has emily dickinson used in these lines? how dreary to be somebody! how public, like a frog to tell your name the livelong day to an admiring bog! metaphor alliteration simile allusion

Read sentence 13 from the draft. some plants retain a great deal of their foliage through much of the spring and summer, but the leaves do not retain their green color for long. which detail would be best to add after sentence 13 to develop the topic? a. since the green color of the leaves that are bright and abundant during the warmer months will disappear by the time it is fall, it is important that the leaves are trimmed and kept freshly cut so that they will last for as long as possible. b. while the temperature outside may dictate when the fall colors of leaves appear, it is only one of many environmental factors that play a part in the changing of colors from green leaves to fall-colored leaves during the cooler months. c. if people want to enjoy the green color of leaves longer, trees should be planted where the environment is warmer and the days longer because chlorophyll in the leaves can only be manufactured and replaced with sunlight and warmth. d. the green chlorophyll normally masks the fall-colored pigments during the warmer months, but as sunlight becomes less abundant and trees become frozen, the fall colors of leaves become more visible as chlorophyll disappears.

Based on these dialogue samples, what is larry's social role most likely to be? a judge a professor a bartender a senator done anna christie by eugene o'neill (excerpts) larry: he’s still got that same cow livin’ with him, the old fool! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . larry: that’s a fine fairy tale to be tellin’—your daughter! sure i’ll bet it’s some bum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . larry: this girl, now, ’ll be marryin’ a sailor herself, likely. it’s in the blood.