Read the excerpt below and answer the question. For a long while he used to console himself, when driven from home, by frequenting a kind of perpetual club of the sages, philosophers, and other idle personages of the village; which held its sessions on a bench before a small inn,

What is the author’s tone toward Rip Van Winkle in the passage?

solemn
serious
ironic
wistful

Which best describes the suspense technique of flashback? an image, color, object, or similar is shown early in the film. it later reappears in a pivotal scene or plot point. details of the story outside of the chronological storyline are provided to the audience, often as a memory. illusions of explosions and other events are presented, often using computer-generated imagery to seem realistic. the screenwriter lets the audience know something the main character does not, usually something important to the plot.

This excerpt expresses shelleys idea that poetry is factual?

Carl sandburg's poem "fog" is in a.) free verse b.) blank verse c.) iambic pentameter .