Mood Shift Analysis Read paragraphs 15. Then, answer the following questions.
"Before you take me up to bed, will you tell me a story?"
"Do you actually need me to take you up to bed?" I asked the boy.
He thought for a moment. Then, with intense seriousness, "Yes, actually I think you do. It's because
of, I've finished my homework, and so it's my bedtime, and I am a bit scared. Not very scared. Just a
bit. But it is a very big house, and lots of times the lights don't work and it's a sort of dark."
I reached over and tousled' his hạir.
"I can understand that,” I said. "It is a very big old house." He nodded. We were in the kitchen,
where it was light and warm. I put down my magazine on the kitchen table. "What kind of story
would you like me to tell you?"
1. What mood does this setting create?
2. Which details help create mood?

Read the excerpt from rudolfo anaya’s essay “take the tortillas out of your poetry.” tortillas and poetry. they go hand in hand. books nourish the spirit, bread nourishes our bodies. our distinct cultures nourish each one of us, and as we know more and more about the art and literature of the different cultures, we become freer and freer. . i don’t know anyone who doesn’t like to sample different ethnic foods, the breads of many many groups; just as many of us enjoy sampling books from different areas of the world. i travel to foreign countries, and i know more about myself as i learn more about my fellow human beings. censorship imposes itself in my path of knowledge, and that activity can be justified by no one. which choice best describes the purpose of this text? to persuade readers to oppose the censorship of literature to inform readers about censorship in a specific country to entertain readers with stories about censorship to motivate readers to speak out against censorship mark this and return

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How does the allusion to icarus support the author’s tone ? a)it makes it clear that earhart,like icarus ,fell to her death .b)it emphasizes earhart’s failure in spite of her ambition.c)it stresses that the author views earhart’s fate as a mystery.d)it shows that the author sees earhart as a kind of legend can someone