The first chapter begins with Mia and her best friend Jenna reciting a morbid alphabet rhyme, which begins, “A is for Amy who fell down the stairs…” How might this be an example of foreshadowing?

Read the selection below and answer the question. an open boat by alfred noyes o, what is that whimpering there in the darkness? 

 'let him lie in my arms. he is breathing, i know.
 look. i'll wrap all my hair round his neck' – the sea's rising,
 the boat must be lightened. he's dead. he must go.' 


 see - quick - by that flash, where the bitter foam tosses, 
 the cloud of white faces, in the black open boat, 
 and the wild pleading woman that clasps her dead lover 
 and wraps her loose hair round his breast and his throat.
 'come, lady, he's dead.' - 'no, i feel his heart beating,
 he's living, i know. but he's numbed with the cold. 
 see, i'm wrapping my hair all around him to warm him.' -
- 'no. we can't keep the dead, dear. come, loosen your hold.

 'come. loosen your fingers.' - 'o god, let me keep him! ' -
 o, hide it, black night! let the winds have their way! 
 and there are no voices or ghosts from that darkness, 
 to fret the bare seas at the breaking of day. the imagery and word choice in the second stanza creates a tone of liveliness and joy danger and gloom silence and peace anger and hostility

Le of stalingrad.spanish classuniverse project-19read the excerpt from "the love song of j. alfred prufrock."and indeed there will be timeto wonder, "do i dare? " and, "do i dare? time to turn back and descend the stair,with a bald spot in the middle of my hair -(they will say: "how his hair is growing thin! ")my morning coat, my collar mounting firmly to the chin,my necktie rich and modest, but asserted by a simple pin(they will say: "but how his arms and legs are thin! ")do i daredisturb the universe? in a minute there is timefor decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse,which words best indicate that prufrock feels uncertain? disturb, universe, minuteturn back, revisions, reverse

Which situation might occur in a conflict of character versus nature? a. a society disapproves of a character’s behavior. b. a character suffers from a serious illness and eventually dies. c. two characters argue over a difference of opinion. d. a character is unable to decide on his opinion of another character.