On the east steps the Air Force Band in uniforms of Air Force blue
is playing hard and loud, but - queer -
the music doesn’t quite come through
Why do you think the author chooses the word “queer” to describe this situation? Does the meaning of the stanza change if you use “strange”, “weird” or “funny” instead?
The word queer was more common and didn't have the same negative connotations that it does today. Yes- the meaning changes because the connotation of other words is diffrent.

In the play "sorry wrong number"which part of the story can you find heightened tension and suspense?

Which statement best summarizes this excerpt from leo tolstoy's the death of ivan ilyich? and in imagination he began to recall the best moments of his pleasant life. but strange to say none of those best moments of his pleasant life now seemed at all what they had then seemed—none of them except the first recollections of childhood. there, in childhood, there had been something really pleasant with which it would be possible to live if it could return. but the child who had experienced that happiness existed no longer, it was like a reminiscence of somebody else.

Read the excerpt from the time traveler's guide to elizabethan england. simon forman, who does attend plague sufferers, is a rare exception: this is because he has himself survived the disease and believes he cannot catch it again. however, his remedy amounts to little more than avoiding eating onions and keeping warm. he has a recipe for getting rid of the plague sores that will afflict you afterward if you survive the disease; but that is a very big "if.” it seems the best advice is provided by nicholas bownd in his book medicines for the plague: "in these dangerous times god must be our only defense.”which lines best summarize the excerpt?