Read the following excerpt from the story of my life by helen keller. -i learned a great many new words that day. i do not remember what they all were; but i do know that mother, father, sister, teacher were among them–words that were to make the world blossom for me, "like aaron's rod, with flowers." it would have been difficult to find a happier child than i was as i lay in my crib at the close of the eventful day and lived over the joys it had brought me, and for the first time longed for a new day to come. which aspect of narrative writing does it demonstrate? a. climax b. rising action c. conflict d. conclusion

By comparing part 1 and 2 of polar opposites what does it mean by polar opposites

Multiple ! in this excerpt from act i, scene vi, of macbeth, duncan praises the atmosphere in the castle and the hospitality of his hostess. identify two reasons that these comments are ironic. duncan: this castle hath a pleasant seat: the air nimbly and sweetly recommends itself unto our gentle sense. . . (enter lady macbeth.) duncan: see, see, our honour'd hostess! — the love that follows us sometime is our trouble, which still we as love. herein i teach you how you shall bid god ild us for your pains, and us for your trouble. he will meet his death in the castle, which he considers a pleasant place. his praise for inverness and his hostess, lady macbeth, is deceptive. duncan secretly plans to give macbeth's title to donalbain. the hostess he praises is actually plotting his murder.

Which statement best explains the motivation for the narrator's mother to introduce her daughter to everyone they meet? from amy tan's "rules of the game."