Read the following excerpt from "the pedestrian' by ray bradbury:
and on his way he would see the cottages and homes with
their dark windows, and it was not unequal to walking
through a graveyard where only the faintest glimmers of
firefly light appeared in flickers behind the windows.
sudden gray phantoms seemed to manifest upon inner
room walls where a curtain was still undrawn against the
night, or there were whisperings and murmurs where a
window in a tomb-like building was still open.
which statement best explains how the setting affects the meaning of the
story?
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a. the firefly light conveys a feeling of nostalgia for long summer
evenings spent with family
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b. the phrase "whispting and murmurs' suggests that the main
character has fits ovladness.
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c. the water and wave motif conveys the queasy feeling the narrator
has when walking alone at night.
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d. the comparison of the street to a graveyard suggests that
something is terribly wrong with society.

Instructions: the following argument argues for advertising to children. read the argument and answer the question that follows: topic and question advertising: should companies be allowed to advertise to children? ineffective argument i think that advertising to children is necessary. how else will we know what we can buy? i think that children are not aware of the products that are available. most children don’t own cars and can’t drive to stores to look around. the only way we know what we can buy is by seeing advertisements on tv. my friend really likes advertisements, too. he said, "how will we know what to buy if we don’t see advertisements? " seriously, children are consumers, too. we know what we like and we ask our parents to buy these products for us. i know that i like certain cereals, but how would i know that if i did not see advertisements? i love those commercials! kids are people, too. why is the argument ineffective? in a paragraph of 7–10 complete sentences, explain why the following parts of the argument are ineffective, and how they can be improved: claim support conclusion clincher point of view transitions