15. 8R5 – Paragraph 2 contributes to the reader’s understanding of the “Excerpt from The Open Boat” by –

A. creating suspense about the sailors’ future.
B. creating an image in the reader’s mind of the sailors in a small boat in a vast and angry sea.
C. including humor about the situation the sailors have found themselves in.
D. connecting facts about the open ocean to sailing information.

Describe thomas jefferson purpose for writing the declaration of independence.then analyze how his use of pathos develop this purpose. be sure to use specific details from the text to support your ideas.

To the one that i love i will never forget or hate just love me back

Read the excerpt from act i of the importance of being earnest. lady bracknell. well, i must say, algernon, that i think it is high time that mr. bunbury made up his mind whether he was going to live or to die. this shilly-shallying with the question is absurd. . i should be much obliged if you would ask mr. bunbury, from me, to be kind enough not to have a relapse on saturday, for i rely on you to arrange my music for me. it is my last reception, and one wants something that will encourage conversation, particularly at the end of the season when every one has practically said whatever they had to say, which, in most cases, was probably not much. what aspect of lady bracknell’s behavior does wilde use to poke fun at the importance placed on frivolous events in formal society? her concern with a party instead of mr. bunbury’s health her interest in playing classical music at her reception her jealousy over algernon’s friendship with the sickly mr. bunbury her concern about the health of algernon’s friend