Read the excerpt from spencer’s narrative.

as we waited for our new football coach to enter the locker room, we all secretly wondered what he would be like. would he be tough but fair? would he be demanding but understanding? would he motivate us before each game with a rousing speech the way coach jackson always had? these thoughts were abruptly interrupted when our new coach entered the locker room, stood before us, and commanded our attention. "he” was a "she”! our new coach was a female? stunned, my mouth gaping, i barely heard what she said to the team next.

how does spencer’s use of chronological order affect the plot of his narrative

a. readers are able to share in spencer’s surprise at discovering that his new coach is female because this fact is not revealed at the beginning of the story.
b. readers are able to understand the conflict more easily because spencer reveals what is bothering him at the very beginning of the story.
c. readers do not understand spencer’s surprise because they had no idea what spencer was thinking before the new football coach arrived.
d. readers do not have to read the entire story because they are now able to predict what will happen once the new football coach speaks to the team.

Pl i ben trying and trying but i still cant get it. 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.

Which best expresses the irony present in this passage?

The question below refers to the selection “ozymandias” by percy bysshe shelley. the traveler seems to believe that — a. monuments are eternal b. the passage of time is necessary and inevitable c. we must preserve relics of past civilizations d. even the greatest works are destroyed by time