Recognize that a little voice lives inside every one of us that tells us it would be rewarding to play a game, eat or watch TV when we
know better, so don't fall for it!
How does this detail develop the author's CENTRAL idea?
1. by suggesting that procrastination is normal and is likely to surprise people.
2. by motivating readers to work against procrastination
3. by explaining that procrastination is common but nobody has to give in to it.
4. by warning readers of the dangers of procrastination

What is the effect of ruckeyser’s repetition of the word “devices” in the first and third lines of “poem”? it suggests that the poem is set at an earlier time. it to create a mechanical, robotic tone in the poem. it emphasizes the speaker’s feeling of detachment toward the war. it creates a metaphor comparing humanity to manufactured objects.

Read the excerpt from act iv, scene iv of romeo and juliet. capulet: good faith! ’tis day: the county will be here with music straight, for so he said he would. [music within.] i hear him near. nurse! wife! what, no! what, nurse, i say! 30 re-enter nurse. go waken juliet, go and trim her up; i’ll go and chat with paris. hie, make haste, make haste; the bridegroom he is come already: make haste, i say. [exeunt.] 35 this scene is an example of dramatic irony used to create suspense since the audience knows that the musicians will not arrive on time. capulet approves of the match to paris. romeo is already married to juliet. the nurse will be unable to rouse juliet.

Which best describes the tone in these lines "the fish"