In “The Monkey’s Paw,” a stranger comes to the door. How does this scene contribute tension to the rising action of the story? The stranger leaves an envelope at the door that contains exactly 200 pounds. The stranger gives the Whites 200 pounds as compensation for their son’s accidental death. The stranger brings sad news that the Whites’ son was killed in a workplace accident. The stranger informs the Whites that their son’s employer claims no liability for his death.

Read the excerpt below from the poem "exile" by julia alvarez and answer the question that follows. i let myself lie back in deep waters, my arms out like jesus' on his cross, and instead of sinking down like i'd always done, magically, that night, i could stay up, floating out past the driveway, past the gates, in the black ford, papi grim at the wheel, winding through the back roads, stroke by difficult stroke, out on the highway, heading toward the coast. which literary device is used in the comparison between the speaker's experience of fleeing the country and floating in the ocean? i let myself lie back in deep waters, my arms out like jesus' on his cross, and instead of sinking down like i'd always done, magically, that night, i could stay up, extended metaphor symbolism simile theme