There never was so wonderful a book written by man; never one whose interest was so absorbing, so unflagging, so sparkingly renewed with every reperusal. the passenger who could not read it was charmed with a peculiar sort of faint dimple on its surface (on the rare occasions when he did not overlook it altogether); but to the pilot that was an italicized passage; indeed, it was more than that, it was a legend of the largest capitals, with a string of shouting exclamation points at the end of it; for it meant that a wreck or a rock was buried there that could tear the life out of the strongest vessel that ever floated. it is the faintest and simplest expression the water ever makes, and the most hideous to a pilot’s eye. in truth, the passenger who could not read this book saw nothing but all manner of pretty pictures in it painted by the sun and shaded by the clouds, whereas to the trained eye these were not pictures at all, but the grimmest and most dead-earnest of reading-matter. what best describes why the narrator uses the image of an italicized passage written in capital letters to describe the river?
a: to demonstrate how complicated and difficult it is to navigate down the river.
b: to explain how experienced captains are able to “read” the river.
c: to show how sailing down the river can be as thrilling as reading a good book.
d: to express his delight over starting to get to know the river better.

The following question is based on your reading of a midsummer night’s dream by william shakespeare. which line offers the best example of metatheatre? a. “there are things in this comedy of pyramus and thisby that will never . first, pyramus must draw a sword to kill himself; which the ladies cannot abide.” c. “will not the ladies be afeared of the lion? ” b. “doth the moon shine the night we play our play? ” d. “write me a prologue, and let the prologue seem to say, we will do no harm with our swords, and that pyramus is not killed indeed; and for the more better assurance, tell them that i pyramus am not pyramus, but bottom the weaver.”

Which example is presented in chronological

Read the excerpt from the war of the worlds, in which the crowd begins to disperse just before the first martian exits the cylinder.when i returned to the common the sun was setting. scattered groups were hurrying from the direction of woking, and one or two persons were returning. the crowd about the pit had increased, and stood out black against the lemon yellow of the sky—a couple of hundred people, perhaps. there were raised voices, and some sort of struggle appeared to be going on about the pit. strange imaginings passed through my mind. as i drew nearer i heard stent's voice: "keep back! keep back! "a boy came running towards me."it's a-movin'," he said to me as he passed; 'a-screwin' and a-screwin' out. i don't like it. i'm a-goin' 'ome, i am."what options accurately depict the impact of the boy's words on pacing within the excerpt? (select all that apply.)the war of the worldsthe setting is in england, so the boy's words provide the reader with the dialect of the area. even though that slows down the plot, the boy's words contain important information.the plot's forward movement is slow at the beginning of the excerpt because there is little action. the boy's words increase the tension and counteract that lag.the narrator is not close enough to see clearly into the pit, so the boy's words provide the narrator with the information he needs, which moves the plot forward.the boy's words serve to speed up the pacing of the plot because, as he is talking to the narrator, he is running past him to get away.the narrator is not close enough to see clearly into the pit, so the boy's words provide the narrator with the information he needs, which moves the plot forward.wrong? the boy's words serve to speed up the pacing of the plot because, as he is talking to the narrator, he is running past him to get away.