"She says silence is the most beautiful symphony, she says the air breathed in silence is sweeter and sadder." (Paragraph 10) Why does the narrator include this comment by Mama? o 1. to indicate Mama's dissatisfaction 0 2. to show that Mama feels the silence is awkward 3. to emphasize the noise Mama's grandchildren make O 4. to illustrate the contrast between Mama's house and the outside world

Write a minimum 150-word response in which you explain how hughes uses poetic devices such as alliteration, assonance, consonance, and enjambment to reveal his theme in "theme for english b."

Excerpted from "the children's hour" by henry wadsworth longfellow a whisper, and then a silence: yet i know by their merry eyes they are plotting and planning together to take me by surprise. a sudden rush from the stairway, a sudden raid from the hall! by three doors left unguarded they enter my castle wall! look carefully at the lines above. a poem with this particular rhyme scheme is best read a. line by line. b. with long pauses. c. phrase by phrase. d. with a strong rhythm.

The denouement comes at the beginning of a story a. true b. false