“Pyramus and Thisbe.” The author begins the text by explaining
how the color of berries on the mulberry tree changed. What effect does this have on the
reader? How does the author come back to this idea at the end of the story?

Read this excerpt from the exposition in "the monkey's paw." father and son were at chess, the former, who possessed ideas about the game involving radical changes, putting his king into such sharp and unnecessary perils that it even provoked comment from the white-haired old lady knitting placidly by the fire. what is one piece of information you can infer about the story from this sentence? a. the father in the story is possessed, so he probably says insane things a lot. b. the woman in the story is knitting, so the characters probably don't have good clothes to wear. c. the father is playing chess with the son, but the son is not old enough to know the rules. d. since the father likes taking risks in a game, he might like taking risks in life as well.

Who is ¨ the guilty party¨ at the end of the text, and how do his actions contribute to the storys theme?

In describing jimmy wells as the truest, most loyal fellow, what tone is conveyed