In "The Nose," Nikolai Gogol uses pacing to help create mystery in the story. Describe how the pacing of the story creates mystery and how that mystery is resolved. Be sure to provide an introduction paragraph that lays out your argument, body paragraphs that develop your thesis, and a conclusion paragraph that wraps up your argument. (30 points)

Select the correct text in the passage. which details in this diary entry support the main idea that the writer had a horrible day?

Announcer two: ladies and gentlemen, following on the news given in our bulletin a moment ago, the government meteorological bureau has requested the large observatories of the country to keep an astronomical watch on any further disturbances occurring on the planet mars. due to the unusual nature of this occurrence, we have arranged an interview with noted astronomer professor pierson, who will give us his views on the event. in a few moments we will take you to the princeton observatory at princeton, new jersey. we return you until then to the music of ramón raquello and his orchestra. the passage is from the transcript of the radio adaptation of the war of the worlds by h. g. wells. instead of including expert interviews, h. g. wells uses a narrator to tell about an alien invasion that occurred a few years earlier. by including expert interviews, how does the radio broadcast change the story most effectively? o.a. it puts the story in the past tense, increasing its personal tone. o o b. it makes the broadcast sound more like a fictional story. o o c. it makes the broadcast sound like a news report. o d. it makes the story sound less believable by changing who presents the story's details.

Which type of context clue does the author use to show the meaning of the word diplomats?