Hurston uses the front porch as an image that vividly convey the oral history and richness of black culture through what language devices and/or elements?
call-and-response communication
dialect of the porch-sitters
folklore
all of the above

What crucial event can change a protagonist's life

What point of view is expressed by judith sargent murray in her essay "on the equality of the sexes"?

Read the excerpt from “strychnine in the soup,” in which mr. mulliner explains the ending of a mystery novel to a bar patron who is anxious to know the conclusion of the story. “the plumber forgot his snake and had to go back for it,” explained mr. mulliner. ‘‘i trust that this revelation will prove sedative.” “i feel a new man,” said the draught stout. “i’d have lain awake worrying about that murder all night.” explain how a student who did not know the meaning of sedative could infer its definition?