A. <span>It creates a melancholy mood that reflects the narrator’s feelings.
The imagery described in this paragraph is very melancholy, which seems to support the narrator's feelings.
He uses phrases like "patches of snow and earth" and "spotty clouds" which give the image of incompleteness, something not quite full.
He also uses images of darkness, "black trees" and "the stars were out" which support the unhappiness of the narrator's mood. </span>
In experimental physics, reverberation produces echo and thus makes undesirable sound. An echo is a sound reflected off of a surface. In a big hall, it interferes with the actual sound. It gives confusion when people are having a conversation.
Answer:
We weren't quite sure what it all meant, except that for now, my sister Rachel and I were putting on our finest dresses and the shoes Mother had polished twice.
Explanation:
Being naive simply means that one lacks experience and knowledge or critical thinking regarding the world around him.
The narrator, being young and naive, can not fully understand all the difficulties that surrounded building of the bridge. All he can understand is that people said it couldn't be done, but they've done it and he sees that as something special, out of this world experience.
He shares other people's happiness and is satisfied that he and his family are able to walk on that special bridge without being able to comprehend all the effort and obstacles and sacrifices endured for the bridge, that represents national pride, to be built.
Answer:
He saw the dead black eyes of the general on him, studying him.
General Zaroff's face suddenly brightened.
Explanation:
Richard Connell's short story "The Most Dangerous Game" revolves around the theme of the relationship between the hunter and the prey. Through the characters of the story, Connell gives a twist in the hunter-hunted domain, making the protagonist experience the life of a hunted.
Colonel Zaroff was the owner of the "Ship Trap" island where men are hunted for sport. When Rainsford Sanger got stuck in the island and was hosted initially by the Colonel, he was treated kindly, provided with food and also gave him information about the island and even the game. The next day, when Sanger refused to join him in the hunt and told him he wanted to leave, that was when COlonel Zaroff decided to make him his new prey. The two sentences that show the decision of the colonel in making Sanger his new game are
"He saw the dead black eyes of the general on him, studying him.
General Zaroff's face suddenly brightened."
The claim Paine refuted is the claim that Britain should govern American colonies because the colonists are of English descent. If you haven't, read Common Sense. It's an awesome read, and actually isn't too hard to understand, even if you aren't used to reading old English.
