Read the ending paragraph from a chapter of heart of a samurai. when he finally reached one of them, he raised his head and looked up. he could not lift his arm to reach out. his blood turned to ice, and dizzy again, he felt himself sinking. for when he had looked into his rescuer’s face, he had gazed into a pair of eyes as blue as the sea. which best states why the author ends the paragraph with a cliffhanger? to show the resolution to a problem in the story to create a feeling of relief after a scary event to develop the traits of the main character to build suspense so the reader will keep reading

Directions: in 2 - 3 paragraphs respond to mack's idea about the "interplay of life and literature" in lines 92 - 100 in " why read shakespeare". 1. explain what it means to say that finding meaning in shakespeare "is a sort of proving ground for finding beauty and meaning in life". provide reasons that support your claim. 2. explain which is more important - that literature teaches readers about life or that understanding life readers understand literature. identify examples from literature you have read. 3. summarize your view of the interplay between literature and your own lives, explaining whether you see a connection or not and why.

Reading poetry to an audience is considered a form of a. vocal art. b. oral language. c. conversational skills. d. performance cues.

What does the line rage, rage against the dying of the light from the poem "do not go gentle into that good night" have in common with the line ride the six hundred from the poem "the change of the light brigade? "a. they end each stanzab. they are repetitious linesc. they end a sestetd. they begin an octave