Which two sentences from the excerpt convey an excited tone? if i could choose any period of history to study, i would choose world war ii. the war lasted from 1939 to 1945. many people in the united states don’t really think about when the war started. they say it started in 1941, when the united states entered the war, but other countries had already been fighting for years. i love reading about the surging american patriotism of the time, and the fact that the war brought the country out the great depression is truly fascinating. though there were many standout leaders during the war, my two favorite leaders to study are winston churchill and franklin d. roosevelt. churchill was the prime minister of great britain, and roosevelt was president of the united states. together they formed a firm alliance between the united states and great britain. and they were unstoppable! if i had a dinner party and could invite anyone from history, they would be at the top of my list.

Read the quotation from "an occurrence at owl creek bridge." and now he became conscious of a new disturbance. striking through the thought of his dear ones was a sound which he could neither ignore nor understand, a sharp, distinct, metallic percussion like the stroke of a blacksmith’s hammer upon the anvil; it had the same ringing quality. he wondered what it was, and whether immeasurably distant or near by—it seemed both. its recurrence was regular, but as slow as the tolling of a death knell. he awaited each stroke with impatience and—he knew not why—apprehension. the intervals of silence grew progressively longer, the delays became maddening. with their greater infrequency the sounds increased in strength and sharpness. they hurt his ear like the thrust of a knife; he feared he would shriek. what he heard was the ticking of his watch. which best describes the effect of the narration in the excerpt? it suggests that the man being executed feels tranquil and at peace. it suggests that the narrator is sympathetic to the man being executed. it suggests that the plot will become less tense as the story continues. it suggests that the story will become more intense and mysterious.

Which type of story uses animals as characters in order to illustrate a general truth about human nature?

Read this excerpt from rudolfo anaya’s essay “take the tortillas out of your poetry.”tortillas and poetry. they go hand in hand. books nourish the spirit, bread nourishes our bodies. our distinct cultures nourish each one of us, and as we know more and more about the art and literature of the different cultures, we become freer and freer. . i don’t know anyone who doesn’t like to sample different ethnic foods, the breads of many many groups; just as many of us enjoy sampling books from different areas of the world. i travel to foreign countries, and i know more about myself as i learn more about my fellow human beings. censorship imposes itself in my path of knowledge, and that activity can be justified by no one. which of these changes would make this excerpt more argumentative? using words that affect the audience’s sense of trustusing less repetition of certain words and phrasesincluding words that address logic and reasonincluding words that are charged with emotion