They provide background information on the tasks required of the crew on a whaling ship. they explain ahab's inner motivation for sequestering himself inside his cabin. they lead the reader into a description of the novel's main character, ahab. they give the reader a detailed description of the crew's ship, the pequod.

Read the excerpt below and answer the question.she dwelt among the untrodden waysbeside the springs of dove,a maid whom there were none to praiseand very few to love: a violet by a mossy stonehalf hidden from the eye! fair as a star, when only oneis shining in the sky.she lived unknown, and few could knowwhen lucy ceased to be; but she is in her grave, and, oh,the difference to me! (wordsworth, "she dwelt among the untrodden ways")which option best explains how the choice of the word oh in the final stanza contributes to the poem's meaning? it was selected to create a regular end rhyme.it was selected to establish assonance in the line.it was selected to maintain the line's iambic structure.it was selected to stress the poet's sense of loss.

Read this excerpt from tim o’brien‘s “ambush” “i had already pulled the pin on a grenade. i had come to a crouch” which literary device is most clearly shown in this excerpt?

Which excerpt from "hills like white elephants" provides the most details about the main characters' lives outside the railway station? click here to read an excerpt.