Read this quote from O. Henry's "A Call Loan"
With a gun in each hand Merwin raised himself fr...
Read this quote from O. Henry's "A Call Loan"
With a gun in each hand Merwin raised himself from behind a clump of chaparral and started for the engine.
But before he had taken three steps, two long, strong arms clasped him from behind, and he was lifted from
his feet and thrown, face downward upon the grass. There was a heavy knee pressing against his back, and an
iron hand grasping each of his wrists. He was held thus, like a child, until the engine had taken water, and until
the train had moved, with accelerating speed, out of sight. Then he was released, and rose to his feet to face
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How is this excerpt an example of the Western genre?
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Auden's musée des beaux arts" and williams's "landscape with the fall oficarus" share which common element?
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English, 21.06.2019 22:10
Which of the narrator's statements in "the yellow wallpaper" suggests that she does not think women are too frail to be intellectual? a.i verily believe she thinks it is the writing which made me sick! b.of course i didn't do a thing. jennie sees to everything now. c. i don't feel as if it was worth while to turn my hand over for anything, and i'm getting dreadfully fretful and querulous. d. so i walk a little in the garden or down that lovely lane, sit on the porch under the roses, and lie down up here a good deal.
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English, 21.06.2019 23:30
Me ! select the correct answer. in his essay "civil disobedience," henry david thoreau wrote "that government is best which governs least." which answer best shows how this motto reflects transcendentalist principles? a. an ideal government does not exist, so anarchy is best for a nation. b. citizens require the government to define the difference between right and wrong. c. government can act as an impediment to the will and morality of individual men. d. an ideal nation is one that is not governed by a monarchy or dictatorship. e. government on a large scale is inefficient and should be managed at the state level.
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English, 22.06.2019 01:30
Which describes the effect the use of figurative language has on the tone of this excerpt? select all that apply
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