Literary analysis is useful because it can help you: A. Explain why an author is making a certain point.

B. Avoid being persuaded to buy things you don't need.

C. Take effective notes while reading a textbook.

D. Learn the names of characters more quickly.

Read these sentences from edgar allan poe's "the angel of the odd": it was a chilly november afternoon. i had just consummated an unusually hearty dinner, of which the dyspeptic truffe formed not the least important item, and was sitting alone in the dining-room with my feet upon the fender and at my elbow a small table which i had rolled up to the fire, … which element of this text suggests the events happened long ago? details about a fire descriptions of the furniture use of first-person narrator word choice and word order

He said it was because a private detective sees the dark side of human nature. but whatever the reason, gill landers had an innate suspicion of politicians. when senator randy brill walked into his office on that summer day in august, mopping his flushed features with a monogrammed handkerchief, gill could think of no good reason to change his attitude. he'd only met brill once. that had been two years ago at a country club reception for state political notables. since then, he'd learned all he wanted to know about the senator's sinister reputation. gill sat back in his chair, put his feet on his desk, and fought to keep a poker face. but there was no way he could stop the chill that coursed along his spine like a rush of ice water. 29. in this paragraph, the word notables probably signifies that the persons so described a. would like to be politicians. b. are wealthy people. c. have political influence. d. are contributors to charity.

Do not use this medicine with milk, cheese, or other dairy products. what end punctuation needs to be added to the above bolded word?