Read the excerpt from "The Lady Maid's Bell." But that wasn’t the only queer thing in the house. The very next day I found out that Mrs. Brympton had no nurse; and then I asked Agnes about the woman I had seen in the passage the afternoon before. Agnes said she had seen no one, and I saw that she thought I was dreaming. To be sure, it was dusk when we went down the passage, and she had excused herself for not bringing a light; but I had seen the woman plain enough to know her again if we should meet. I decided that she must have been a friend of the cook’s, or of one of the other women servants: perhaps she had come down from town for a night’s visit, and the servants wanted it kept secret. Some ladies are very stiff about having their servants’ friends in the house overnight. At any rate, I made up my mind to ask no more questions. How does this excerpt support the idea that the story is told by an unreliable narrator?
Read the excerpt from "The Lady Maid's Bell." Then he turned his back on me, and went on talking to his wife; and I knew what that meant, too. I was not the kind of morsel he was after. The typhoid had served me well enough in one way: it kept that kind of gentleman at arm’s-length. What does the narrator mean when she refers to Mr. Brympton as “that kind of gentleman”?
Read the excerpt from "The Lady Maid's Bell." I had been near a week at Brympton before I saw my master. Word came that he was arriving one afternoon, and a change passed over the whole household. It was plain that nobody loved him below stairs. Mrs. Blinder took uncommon care with the dinner that night, but she snapped at the kitchen-maid in a way quite unusual with her; and Mr. Wace, the butler, a serious, slow-spoken man, went about his duties as if he'd been getting ready for a funeral. He was a great Bible-reader, Mr. Wace was, and had a beautiful assortment of texts at his command; but that day he used such dreadful language that I was about to leave the table, when he assured me it was all out of Isaiah; and I noticed that whenever the master came Mr. Wace took to the prophets. Which best describes a gothic element in the excerpt and the social attitude it reveals?
Read the excerpt from "The Lady Maid's Bell." But that wasn’t the only queer thing in the house. The very next day I found out that Mrs. Brympton had no nurse; and then I asked Agnes about the woman I had seen in the passage the afternoon before. Agnes said she had seen no one, and I saw that she thought I was dreaming. To be sure, it was dusk when we went down the passage, and she had excused herself for not bringing a light; but I had seen the woman plain enough to know her again if we should meet. I decided that she must have been a friend of the cook’s, or of one of the other women servants: perhaps she had come down from town for a night’s visit, and the servants wanted it kept secret. Some ladies are very stiff about having their servants’ friends in the house overnight. At any rate, I made up my mind to ask no more questions. Which statement describes a gothic element in this excerpt that reflects a social attitude of Wharton’s time?
Read the sentence. Conservationists are considering urban runoff and they are tracking population growth but the magnitude of the situation has not been determined. According to The Elements of Style , what is the correct way to punctuate this sentence?
Which statement best summarizes "Wilson's War Message to Congress"?
Which excerpt from paragraphs 1 to 3 of Wilson’s "War Message to Congress" appeals most to the audience’s emotions?
What is the purpose of President Woodrow Wilson’s speech "War Message to Congress"?
Which statement best describes the main idea of paragraph 5, which begins “For Wilson,” in "How We Entered World War I"?
Based on "How We Entered World War I," which detail explains why the sinking of the Lusitania led the United States to enter World War I?
What is the best summary of the first paragraph of "How We Entered World War I"?
How does the author of "How We Entered World War I" organize the information in the text?
Read the excerpt from "Why I Wrote 'The Yellow Wallpaper.'" Then, using the remnants of intelligence that remained, and helped by a wise friend, I cast the noted specialist’s advice to the winds and went to work again—work, the normal life of every human being; work, in which is joy and growth and service, without which one is a pauper and a parasite—ultimately recovering some measure of power. Which social attitude of Gilman’s era does this excerpt demonstrate?
Read the outline for an introduction to a literary analysis paper. I. Introduction: Samuel Johnson once said, “I would rather be attacked than unnoticed. For the worst thing you can do to an author is to be silent as to his works.” A. Interpret the quotation: B. Agree or disagree: C. Thesis statement: Which statement would best fit into part A of this outline?
Read the quotation by Victor Hugo. It is from books that wise people derive consolation in the troubles of life. Which statement best restates the main idea of this quotation?
Read the sentence. A lifeguard jumped into the ocean to save a drowning person, but he wound up needing to be rescued himself. This sentence describes an example of
Johan is listening to his principal deliver a speech about the importance of physical education in school. Johan is planning to write an argumentative essay on the topic. After the speech, Johan should first
Before Cambria entered the arena to watch the speech, she decided to turn her cell phone off. Cambria’s decision will help her
Read the quotation by Louis Aragon. I demand that my books be judged with utmost severity, by knowledgeable people who know the rules of grammar and of logic, and who will seek beneath the footsteps of my commas the lice of my thought in the head of my style. Which statement best restates the main idea of this quotation?
Read the sentence. We wrote in our journals for twenty minutes each day. Which type of phrase or clause is underlined in the sentence?
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