Read the excerpt from a student’s essay. the first mention of ship-trap island already gives the reader an uneasy feeling. whitney describes the island’s fearsome reputation among the ship’s crew as rainsford peers into the black night to see any sign of the place. he cannot see the mysterious island, and whitney knows little about it, other than that it frightens the sailors. interestingly, it fills whitney with a sense of dread as well. which revision of the first sentence best incorporates the literary term mood? rainsford is not in the mood to listen to whitney’s irrational assumptions about ship-trap island. whitney and rainsford’s discussion of ship-trap island immediately establishes a foreboding mood. whitney’s description of ship-trap island instantly puts the reader into the right mood to read the story. the story’s overall tone is established by the moods of its characters, whitney and rainsford

Laugh and be merry, remember, better the world with a song,    better the world with a blow in the teeth of a wrong.    laugh, for the time is brief, a thread the length of a span.    laugh and be proud to belong to the old proud pageant of man. (laugh and be merry/john masefield/public domain) which of these is the main idea of the poem?

Read the excerpt from rena's promise: two sisters in auschwitz. “i have a favor to ask of you, andrzej . . this is very difficult for me, but i must ask. it is no longer safe in tylicz for rena. her mother and i are worried for her safety every day.” “i heard what happened last night, mr. kornreich. i understand your concern.” “i have no money to pay you for this favor.” “sir, i would not take any money from you. she is my friend since childhood. i will do whatever you ask to your daughter.” “ you.” papa paused, stroking his chin where his beard should have been. “you seem like a man of your word. if you would bring rena across the border to slovakia, her mother and i might find sleep at night.” which best summarizes the excerpt? although he does not trust andrzej, rena’s father fears for his daughter’s life and finally agrees to leave her with him. slovakia is the only safe place for the jews of europe, and andrzej has agreed to take rena there. rena’s father asks andrzej to take her to safety in slovakia, and he agrees to do so. after much deliberation, rena’s father pays a polish man to take her safely across the border to slovakia. mark this and return

How does edgar allen poe build suspense in “the raven”