How does the author craft the story to create surprise? The author introduces the character Graciela who is
expected to be pivotal to the plot but isn't.
o The reader is told that Mateo is shy and bookish.
The reader is led to believe that Mateo is the writer
of the love letters.
The author includes a flashback to when Bella's
grandmother received her first love letter.

Which trait is used to evaluate a writer's opinion and purpose? a. voice b. ideas and content c. organization d. conventions a. voice

Read the excerpt from "a modest proposal." the poorer tenants will have something valuable of their own, which by law may be made liable to a distress, and to pay their landlord's rent, their corn and cattle being already seized, and money a thing unknown. which statement effectively uses a quotation to show that swift claims that the poor will also benefit from his proposal? “swift writes that poorer tenants will have something valuable of their own, which by law may be made liable to a distress.” swift writes that poorer tenants will finally have something to pay their landlord’s rent since they have neither money nor trade. swift writes that poorer tenants will have something to trade for rent since “their corn and cattle” have already been seized. swift writes that “poorer tenants will have something valuable of their own” that can “ to pay their landlord’s rent.”

In about two hundred words, explain how the author's use of folktales and symbolism add meaning to the story and convey the central theme of the novel: the disintegration of the traditional igbo society as a result of its contact with european practices and beliefs.