Read the excerpt from the passage: “He says if you don’t take out his tooth, he’ll shoot you.”

How does the author’s decision to include the following dialogue in the text affect the overall meaning?

Group of answer choices

by foreshadowing the death of the dentist which creates tension in the text

by revealing the hopeless despair of the dentist which creates surprise in the text

by showing the power of the mayor over the dentist which creates tension in the text

by establishing hostility between the mayor and the dentist which creates surprise in the text

Read the excerpt below and answer the question. she dwelt among the untrodden ways beside the springs of dove, a maid whom there were none to praise and very few to love: a violet by a mossy stone half hidden from the eye! --fair as a star, when only one is shining in the sky. she lived unknown, and few could know when lucy ceased to be; but she is in her grave, and, oh, the difference to me! (wordsworth, “she dwelt among the untrodden ways”) which option explains a meaning implied by the use of the adjective untrodden in the excerpt? the maid was lost in the woods. the maid lived in a rural setting. the maid was a nature spirit. the maid suffered a life without joy.

He now spent his days in his house, from room to room. which verb best completes the sentence?

Read this sentence. the table was given to lexi by her grandmother. which of the following revises this sentence to include another prepositional phrase? the table in the kitchen was given to lexi by her grandmother. the table was given to lexi by her beloved grandmother. the table was given to lexi by her grandmother ruth. the wooden table was given to lexi by her grandmother. submit skip save and close