What was most likely one of Krakauer's purposes in writing two chapters about his own Alaskan experience?
A. To draw a connection between himself and McCandless
B. To encourage readers to visit the Stikine Ice Cap
C. To show that he's qualified to write about Alaska
D. To explain why he survived and McCandless didn't

Which of the following best explains why the author chose the compare-and-contrast structure for paragraph 2

What ideal of imagist poetry is best reflected in this poem by ezra pound in which he compares a crowded metro station to a flowering tree branch? in a station of the metro the apparition of these faces in the crowd; petals on a wet, black bough. a. poetry should be about urban subjects and ideas. b. old poetry should be rewritten in a modern style. c. poets should be able to describe ordinary subjects in new ways. d. poets should write about new subjects with conventional techniques.

In the poem "we wear the mask," paul laurence dunbar voices his repressed anger and frustration toward american society. he repeats the title phrase three times in the poem, using the words mask and we to show that the first use of the phrase is matter-of-fact. in the second stanza, the statement is followed by a period, which shows resignation. however, at the end of the poem, dunbar almost shouts the phrase defiantly. the mask seems to become something he wears proudly. through this gradual emphasis on the phrase, dunbar could be implying that