"we had a doctor on the ridge in them days. as good as any doctor alivin'. he'd cut a crooked toenail or deliver a woman. dead these last years." how do the details in this excerpt to develop the central idea? a) they give insight into the doctor’s motivation for people. b) they depict the poverty and lifelessness of the town. c) they explain why people wanted to get away from the town. d) they reveal some of the meaningful human history of the unnamed town.

the correct answer is d. a discussion of specific uses of alliteration

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when you are critiquing or evaluating a poem, you will mostly pay attention to the theme, as well as figures of speech and rhythm. alliteration is a figure of speech where consonants are repeated in neighboring words - and it is important for analysis of sound and rhythm, which is why it might appear in the evaluation of that poem.

constantly changes their schedule.

always on phone a lot more than normal.