It was too hazy to be sunny. Less cotton wool than curdled milk. Thunderstorm weather. How do you work out the differences like that from sounds, Masha pondered, as she slipped out of
the open door, which was covered with a curtain against mosquitoes, and into the morning air.
Why do the trolleybus wires sing even when there's no wind, she wondered. She returned to her
home: Icarus the trolleybus. Lots of buses that drove around had the name ICARUS written on
their fronts, but there was only one trolleybus called Icarus. And only this one trolleybus was
home to a little girl called Masha and her very old grandmother.

The writer mostly uses long sentences here. why? Tick two boxes.

to build up descriptive detail.

to add emphasis to the description.

to create a slow, relaxing pace.

to explain why the action takes place.

to show a sequence of events.​

Cancer, ‘the big c,’ as it is often called. her doctor felt sure but ordered more tests to confirm his suspicion. while cervical cancer in a woman julianne’s age was rare, her doctor admitted, it certainly was not unheard of in her demographic group. her doctor explained that this type of cancer is often caused by a common virus that many women do not even realize they have. the human papilloma virus can lead to this type of cancer if a woman’s immune system does not fight off the virus in its initial stages. julianne was devastated. her doctor began to discuss treatment options and suggested an oncologist specializing in this type of cancer, but julianne heard very little of what he said. her head was spinning with questions. overwhelmed, she wondered how she would break the news to her family and friends. according to the article, a physician specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer is called

Read the excerpt from "a pair of silk stockings." but she went on feeling the soft, sheeny luxurious things—with both hands now, holding them up to see them glisten, and to feel them glide serpent-like through her fingers. which best describes the underlying tone of the excerpt created by the connotations of the words “soft,” ”luxurious,” “glisten,” and “serpent-like”? 1. gloom 2. temptation 3. forgiveness 4. suspicion

Who was kubla khan? a. a real person in history b. a fictional character popular in coleridge’s day c. a figure that appeared to coleridge in a dream d. a