How does the italicized paragraph on page 2
contribute to the plot?
By evoking opposition, the paragraph creates rising
action and suspense.
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By revealing the past, the paragraph helps explain
present motives.
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By exposing the past, the paragraph suggests the
story's resolution.
By showing contrast, the paragraph foreshadows
future family conflict.

In the poem "we wear the mask," paul laurence dunbar voices his repressed anger and frustration toward american society. he repeats the title phrase three times in the poem, using the words mask and we to show that the first use of the phrase is matter-of-fact. in the second stanza, the statement is followed by a period, which shows resignation. however, at the end of the poem, dunbar almost shouts the phrase defiantly. the mask seems to become something he wears proudly. through this gradual emphasis on the phrase, dunbar could be implying that