If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood
Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs,
Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud
Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues,
My friend, you would not tell with such high zest
To children ardent for some desperate glory,
The old Lie; Dulce et Decorum est
Pro patria mori.
(((The poet rebukes readers for their mistaken belief that war is glorious)))
The statement that best describes how the pace of the excerpt creates tension is: Pyramus’s long speech slows the pace to prolong suspense.
The speech, describing Pyramus's thoughts on her death and how guilty he feels about it, even going so far as to wish and call for his own death at the teeth of lions, creates tension by making the suspense of what will happen next last longer.
A fearful trip. Answer found in the poem O Captain! My Captain! by Walt Whitman, where the captain is Abraham Lincoln and the fearful trip is the civil war.
Answer: The correct answer is A.
Explanation:
The word <em>convention</em> means the accepted way of doing things. This can be applied to the Engish language and its rules. The rules of English or conventions are a set of widely accepted standards or practice. For instance, in writing a narrative, we can find the convention of including characters, setting and a plot and in writing a letter there is a layout to follow. In both cases, people will know that they are reading a narrative or a letter because of the conventions included.
Answer:
Part A
Sample Answer: • A well-meaning politician from a small town gets elected to a major office and has to confront pressure to engage in corrupt acts
• A 15-year-old girl witnesses a criminal act and has to decide whether to tell her parents or the authorities, although sharing this information might put her in danger
