Book: of mice and men
george and lennie's speech dialect serves which of the following of the author's purposes?

a. their manner of speaking reflects the story's time and place.
b. the men's dialect defines their ethnicities.
c. their dialect adds to the story's rising action.
d. their manner of speaking adds an exotic element to the story's plot.

Read the excerpt from chapter 6 of  animal farm. by the autumn the animals were tired but happy. they had had a hard year, and after the sale of part of the hay and corn, the stores of food for the winter were none too plentiful, but the windmill compensated for everything. it was almost half built now. how does the pacing of this passage affect the reader’s interpretation of the text? a flashback to earlier events provides a pause in the pacing to slow events down. foreshadowing of events provides information as to what will happen to the windmill. the pace of the text quickens to convey the characters’ resolve to finish the windmill. the pace of the text quickens to move the story to its climax, the completion of the windmill.

Reading critically involves reading to criticize reading many texts questioning a text talking about interests

What theme of antigone do the above events reflects