Hellen Keller was born in 1880. She was an American writer and lecturer. She was deaf and blind. Hellen was educated by Anne Mansfield Sullivan, the one who taught her to communicate by using sings. She became a famous author and the first blind-deaf person to have a college degree and such amount of prizes and recognition. She died at the age of 88 in 1968.
The correct answer is option D.
In the conclusion of "The Monkey's Paw," by W.W. Jacobs, Mrs White wishes to see her dead son. However, Mr White is afraid because his son has died a few days earlier and his body has been ruined by work machinery. When the door is knocked, Mrs White runs to see her dead son. After he hears his wife cry, Mr White goes out and sees the road empty.
Answer:
1. "It is a great Dead Place—greater than any Dead Place we know."
2. "Everywhere there are the ruins of the high towers of the gods."
Explanation:
Background or setting is the time and place of a tale, whether it be reality or fiction. As a literary element, it's a must. The location establishes the story's major backdrop and tone.
Passage:
It is not true what some of the tales say, that the ground there burns forever, for I have been there. Here and there were the marks and stains of the Great Burning, on the ruins, that is true. But they were old marks and old stains. It is not true either, what some of our priests say, that it is an island covered with fogs and enchantments. It is not. It is a great Dead Place—greater than any Dead Place we know. Everywhere in it there are god-roads, though most are cracked and broken. Everywhere there are the ruins of the high towers of the gods.
The correct word from the excerpt from Poe’s "The Fall of the House of Usher." that could be used to argue that the narrator is unreliable is the last option among the choices is: “Overpowered” suggests the narrator’s lack of control.
In the first two sentences, Sinclair implies that the meat industry is very corrupt. He is preparing to reader for his accusations against the industry.
