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What are the words that create suspense in
this passage?
It was General Zaroff. He made his way a
long with his eyes fixed in
utmost concentration on the ground befor
e him. He paused, almost beneath
the tree, dropped to his knees and studi
ed the ground. Rainsford's
impulse was to hurt himself down like a
panther, but he saw that the
general's right hand held something meta
llic--a small automatic pistol.
The hunter shook his head several times,
as if he were puzzled. Then he
straightened up and took from his case o
ne of his black cigarettes; its
pungent incenselike smoke floated up to
Rainsford's nostrils.
Rainsford held his breath. The general's
eyes had left the ground and
were traveling inch by inch up the tree.
O hurl himself down like a panther
O incenselike smoke floated up
O traveling inch by inch

You are to write a five paragraph literary essay based on one of the 4 prompts and what you have read and learned in this module. these are your options: 1. how do the events of "the white umbrella" teach the narrator a lesson about shame and acceptance? 2. what role does creativity play in "the bat-poet"? 3. how does the character of squeaky change over the course of "raymond's run"? 4. discuss the influences of older family members on the protagonists and speakers in the stories and poems of this unit. you are to write a five paragraph literary essay based on what you have read and learned in this module. your final submission should meet the following requirements. • submit completed pre-writing and outline documents. • write an essay that contains an introduction with hook and thesis statement, supporting paragraphs with evidence and at least one quotation, and a conclusion that restates the thesis and reviews main points. • use transitions appropriate to the pattern of organization. • use vocabulary to create tone and voice. • cite primary source (quotation). • submit completed revision checklist. • vary sentence structure. • create sentences with parallel structures. • use technology in the writing process.

What does the candle symbolize in this excerpt from leo tolstoy’s the death of ivan ilyich? “when i am not, what will there be? there will be nothing. then where shall i be when i am no more? can this be dying? no, i don’t want to! ” he jumped up and tried to light the candle, felt for it with trembling hands, dropped candle and candlestick on the floor, and fell back on his pillow. a. ivan ilyich’s shallow lifestyle b. ivan ilyich’s troubled conscience c. ivan ilyich’s murky past d. ivan ilyich’s approaching death

"she is his achilles' heel" is an example allusion alliteration simile personification