Read the excerpt from “the tell-tale heart,” by edgar allan poe.

the disease had sharpened my senses—not destroyed—not dulled them. above all was the sense of hearing acute. i heard all things in the heaven and in the earth. i heard many things in hell.

what is the effect of parallelism in this excerpt?

a. it emphasizes the narrator’s strengths.
b. it emphasizes the narrator’s spirituality.
c. it emphasizes the narrator’s anger.
d. it emphasizes the narrator’s madness.

If ms. walton can enroll at least twenty students, she plans to offer an olympic fencing elective class. she needs to share information about the course with students and parents. which is ms. walton least likely to use in a one-sided, one-page information flyer about the course? a) a short bulleted list of the goals of the fencing course b) a colorful pie chart of fencing results in the last five olympics c) a brief description of fencing next to a small image of two people fencing d) text features such as varied font styles, sizes, and colors to highlight planned class activities

Acomplex sentence contains . one subject and one verb

Read the passage. then, identify the theme that is supported by the passage. most ships cannot survive a terrible thunderstorm. the ocean is an angry beast that will tame any who try to control it. the gods have the power to control human destiny. men are willing to die to eat the delicious cattle of the gods.