He was conscious of motion. encompassed in
a luminous cloud, of which he was now
merely the fiery heart, without material
substance, he swung through unthinkable
ares of oscillation, like a vast pendulum. then
all at once, with terrible suddenness, the light
about him shot upward with the noise of a
loud splash; a frightful roaring was in his
ears, and all was cold and dark. the power of
thought was restored; he knew that the rope
had broken and he had fallen into the stream
"an occurrence at owl creek bridge,"
ambrose bierce
how does farquhar's "oscillation, like a vast
pendulum" foreshadow a real event in the story?
it represents farquhar's return to his
plantation
it indicates that farquhar is dizzyingly moving
forward in time
it shows how difficult the journey ahead of
farquhar will be
it suggests how farquhar's body will swing at
the end of the rope,
done

Read the selection below and answer the question. an open boat by alfred noyes o, what is that whimpering there in the darkness? 

 'let him lie in my arms. he is breathing, i know.
 look. i'll wrap all my hair round his neck' – the sea's rising,
 the boat must be lightened. he's dead. he must go.' 


 see - quick - by that flash, where the bitter foam tosses, 
 the cloud of white faces, in the black open boat, 
 and the wild pleading woman that clasps her dead lover 
 and wraps her loose hair round his breast and his throat.
 'come, lady, he's dead.' - 'no, i feel his heart beating,
 he's living, i know. but he's numbed with the cold. 
 see, i'm wrapping my hair all around him to warm him.' -
- 'no. we can't keep the dead, dear. come, loosen your hold.

 'come. loosen your fingers.' - 'o god, let me keep him! ' -
 o, hide it, black night! let the winds have their way! 
 and there are no voices or ghosts from that darkness, 
 to fret the bare seas at the breaking of day. the imagery and word choice in the second stanza creates a tone of liveliness and joy danger and gloom silence and peace anger and hostility

Suppose you need to verify how correctly use commas you open ur english textbook and scan the chaper titles in which one would most likey find the information you need

Why did release not upset fiona? the book is the giver