1. Diction A) Reveals characters’ status/background and may highlight social class
B) Provides some action for characters as they are speaking
C) Adds excitement because characters are speaking a certain way.

2. onomatopoeia
A) Makes events sound more interesting because there is sound
B) Adds to sensory language /experience of readers by creating an atmosphere
C) Adds a variety of words to the novel

3. Personal/collective pronouns
A) Used instead so that authors don’t have to continually repeat characters’ names
B) Draws the reader in and addresses them personally

Which statement best evaluates the author's use of pacing in the passage? a. the author's use of pacing is not effective, because the imagery and figurative language don't adequately describe either the cheetah or the gazelle. b. the author's use of pacing is effective, because the imagery and figurative language speed up the action, making the scene come alive for the reader. c. the author's use of pacing is effective, because the long, complex sentences the reader fully understand the power and beauty of nature. d. the author's use of pacing is not effective, because the long, complex sentences distract from the sense of stress and anxiety the passage should convey.

In "i am offering this poem" what does baca's use of the metaphor" so it is a pot full of yellow com/ to warm your belly in the winter" show that he wants for the poems subject?

When hamlet shows his mother a picture of king hamlet and a picture of claudius, he tells her to look at the "counterfeit presentment of two brothers." in shakespeare's day, counterfeit meant a "portrait" or "picture." what does counterfeit mean today?