The Reading Festival is an annual event that takes place at the Community Learning Center every Spring. Faculty, staff, and administrators works together to plan the event months ahead of time. The event is
aimed at providing students the opportunity to read books and meets the men and women who wrote
them, as well as to introduce students to diverse people and cultures. The first step in preparing for the
Reading Festival is to select the author. A list of authors are created and a vote are taken. Next, the
author is contacted and his/her books are purchased. The event includes a day of reading booths that is
carefully planned. Each booth features activities that helps students learn more about the themes from
the writing. Students visits these booths during class time the week before the author comes. A passport
activity allow students to walk around the CLC reading small posters, and then students answers
questions on a handout from their instructor. Finally, the author visits and he/she give a presentation in
the community room. Light snacks are served and the author sign autographs for students who own
copies of their book(s). It is a wonderful event for everyone involved.

Read the quotation from "an occurrence at owl creek bridge." and now he became conscious of a new disturbance. striking through the thought of his dear ones was a sound which he could neither ignore nor understand, a sharp, distinct, metallic percussion like the stroke of a blacksmith’s hammer upon the anvil; it had the same ringing quality. he wondered what it was, and whether immeasurably distant or near by—it seemed both. its recurrence was regular, but as slow as the tolling of a death knell. he awaited each stroke with impatience and—he knew not why—apprehension. the intervals of silence grew progressively longer, the delays became maddening. with their greater infrequency the sounds increased in strength and sharpness. they hurt his ear like the thrust of a knife; he feared he would shriek. what he heard was the ticking of his watch. which best describes the effect of the narration in the excerpt? it suggests that the man being executed feels tranquil and at peace. it suggests that the narrator is sympathetic to the man being executed. it suggests that the plot will become less tense as the story continues. it suggests that the story will become more intense and mysterious.