S. eliot begins "the love song of j. alfred prufrock" with a translated quotation from dante’s inferno.
if i thought my reply were to someone who could ever return to the world, this flame would waver no more. but since, i’m told, nobody ever escapes from this pit, i’ll tell you without fear of ill fame.
what is the best explanation for prefacing the poem with this quotation?

What is the historical context of the diary of a young girl by anne frank? o the holocaust o world war i siege on sarajevo the american civil war

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?

Which of the following does not apply to an informative text? select all that apply. persuasive techniques supporting evidence opinions narrative text