Read the excerpt below and answer the question.

It was about dusk, one evening during the supreme madness of the carnival season, that I encountered my friend. He accosted me with excessive warmth, for he had been drinking much. The man wore motley. He had on a tight-fitting parti-striped dress and his head was surmounted by the conical cap and bells.

What is the purpose of the author’s description of Fortunato’s clothing in “The Cask of Amontillado”?

Fortunato’s description here highlights his lack of discipline.
The description is included to create humor in the story.
The author includes this description in order to give the reader a sense of the carnival atmosphere.
The author includes this description to foreshadow Fortunato’s fate.

Which tone best fits a business letter

Similarities between speaker’s delivery and active listening?

Demonstrating understanding of jem's development one way to demonstrate understanding of character and theme is by writing from the perspective of a character. for this assignment, compose a short poem from the perspective of jem. your poem should detail his feelings about either a. his father, atticus or b. mrs. dubose. the poem must accurately trace the progression of jem's attitudes and beliefs, highlighting the important events and shifts in his perspective detailed above. your writing should also sound like jem, using voice and word choice that reflects the voice and word choice found in the novel. the poem can be a free poem (meaning it does not need to rhyme or follow a particular format). it should be a minimum of twenty-lines in length, have a title, and follow conventional rules of spelling, grammar, and punctuation.