How does the author create mystery in this story? by alternating events from the past and the present to show giselle's unpredictability, readers are continually guessing how giselle will react to new developments in the story. by focusing more on scenes with dark star than on scenes with her parents and siblings, readers wonder about giselle's relationship with her family. by explaining in detail giselle's love for books about horses but never explaining how she learned to ride, readers question giselle's ability to care for dark star. by mentioning giselle’s cast at several points in the story but never directly explaining how she broke her arm, the author adds interest for readers as they try to infer what might have happened.

If you had a chance to change the past would you? why or why not?

Describe the character of sissy jupe, from hard times, by charles dickens, in four sentences. use anaphora and one metaphor in your description.

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here? irony personification metaphor simile