They had laughed at the shabbiness of the hotel. “oh well,” they’d said, “we aren’t going to spend any time inside.” and they had not. they’d spent the day and evening sightseeing and had not retreated to their rooms until they were spent. now ana appraised her modest accommodations, remembering how the window in her room had amused her friends, as it offered a view of a brick wall not six inches away. “you get what you pay for! ” they’d exclaimed, closing the heavy curtains. the window captured ana’s attention again. as she readied for bed, she heard a persistent tapping coming from outside. ana reasoned with herself, reminded herself that only small bird or bug in distress could fit in such a space. the tapping suggested otherwise, and she turned to investigate. how does the excerpt exemplify the ideas king describes in "danse macabre"? a) it allows readers to approach a “forbidden door.” b) it provides a “single powerful spectacle” for the imagination’s eye. c) it forces readers to “grapple” with their own mortality. d) it excites readers with the concept of “magic.”

A) it allows the reader to approach a "forbidden door"

Explanation:

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quite an interesting way to teach topic sentences, because the answer to this question is the best definition of a topic sentence that one can present, it is as if answering the questions taught you how to do it, this is some real teaching, it is terribly well-done.

the topic sentence in this paragraph is:

topic sentences writers stay on track and keep a paragraph from becoming an aimless collection of sentences about an idea.

which incidentally tells you what a topic sentence should be.

1.creeping like a snail is a simile used in this poem and it means the child is going to school unwillingly./a child is unwilling to go to school.

2. man becomes very frail and loses his physical strength when he becomes old, so much that his leggings that used to fit him snugly when he was in his youth are now too loose for him to wear, and that his shank has shrunk so much that this worldly stage is too big for a feeble actor like him. although, 'his youthful hose' just refers to his leggings/pants/ to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.

3.the words "sans" means "without." it is a french word that is often used in english even today. so he is saying that in the last age of a man, the man is without eyes, taste, or anything else. he also says that this is the "last stage of all" and that it is the stage that ends a man's "history."

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