Read the passage from “edgar allan poe.” in 1826, poe became a student at the university of virginia. although poe was an excellent student and did extremely well in latin and french, he started gambling and went into debt. poe later said that he began gambling because allan would not give him enough money to pay for his expenses. after allan refused to pay poe’s gambling debts, poe left the university and briefly returned home. in 1827, tired of quarreling with his foster father, poe left virginia for boston, massachusetts. although poe was no longer in school, he continued to write and published his first volume of poetry, tamerlane and other poems, that same year. at eighteen years old, poe was a published author, but he still needed to earn money, so he enlisted in the us army. after serving for two years, poe learned that his foster mother, frances, was ill. he rushed to richmond, virginia, to see her, only to learn that she had died from tuberculosis before he could arrive. what is most likely the intended effect of including the historical details about poe’s struggles? to persuade the reader to feel sorry for poe because of his difficult life to use poe’s own words, thoughts, and feelings to fully characterize him to emphasize the central idea that poe’s difficult life influenced his writing to paint a picture of the setting so that the time period is vivid to the reader

What is meant by “eternally burning black pipes”? what is this implying about the personality of the firemen?

Read the excerpt from act 2 of a doll's house. nora: [quickly] he mustn't get the letter. tear it up. i will find some means of getting money. krogstad: excuse me, mrs. helmer, but i think i told you just now— nora: i am not speaking of what i owe you. tell me what sum you are asking my husband for, and i will get the money. krogstad: i am not asking your husband for a penny. nora: what do you want, then? krogstad: i will tell you. i want to rehabilitate myself, mrs. helmer; i want to get on; and in that your husband must me. for the last year and a half i have not had a hand in anything dishonourable, amid all that time i have been struggling in most restricted circumstances. i was content to work my way up step by step. now i am turned out, and i am not going to be satisfied with merely being taken into favour again. i want to get on, i tell you. i want to get into the bank again, in a higher position. your husband must make a place for me— nora: that he will never do! krogstad: he will; i know him; he dare not protest. and as soon as i am in there again with him, then you will see! within a year i shall be the manager's right hand. it will be nils krogstad and not torvald helmer who manages the bank. nora: that's a thing you will never see! krogstad: do you mean that you will—? nora: i have courage enough for it now. krogstad: oh, you can't frighten me. a fine, spoilt lady like you— nora: you will see, you will see. krogstad: under the ice, perhaps? down into the cold, coal-black water? and then, in the spring, to float up to the surface, all horrible and unrecognisable, with your hair fallen out— nora: you can't frighten me. krogstad: nor you me. people don't do such things, mrs. helmer. besides, what use would it be? i should have him completely in my power all the same. nora: afterwards? when i am no longer— krogstad: have you forgotten that it is i who have the keeping of your reputation? [nora stands speechlessly looking at him.] well, now, i have warned you. do not do anything foolish. when helmer has had my letter, i shall expect a message from him. and be sure you remember that it is your husband himself who has forced me into such ways as this again. i will never forgive him for that. goodbye, mrs. helmer. [exit through the hall.] what conflict does krogstad introduce? krogstad tells nora that he has written a letter telling helmer about her affair with the doctor. krogstad refuses to forgive helmer unless nora finds a way to come up with more money. krogstad tries to blackmail nora into getting helmer to keep him at the bank by exposing her forgery. krogstad plans to take helmer’s job managing the bank and ruin nora’s reputation while doing so.

In at least 100 words, explain how john hilton uses rhetorical devices to develop his main idea in “broadcaster john hilton talks about talking.”