Based on the context of the excerpt from kate chopin’s “the story of an hour,” which definition most clearly defines the word imploring?
josephine was kneeling before the closed door with her lips to the keyhold, imploring for admission. "louise, open the door! i beg; open the door—you will make yourself ill. what are you doing, louise? for heaven's sake open the door."
a.
earnestly asking for something
b.
shouting in an angry tone
c.
tactfully attempting to get what you want
d.
feeling confused about a situation

2read this passage from "the raven." what is puzzling the speaker in this stanza? 60% but the raven still beguiling my sad fancy into smiling, straight i wheeled a cushioned seat in front of bird, and bust and door then, upon the velvet sinking, i betook myself to linking fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous bird of yore- what this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt and ominous bird of yore meant in croaking "nevermore." s and what the raven's message is why the raven came to visit where the raven came from how the raven got into his room

Jane addams's memoir, twenty years at hull-house, describes her work with

Which claim does the sentence "teach english and play with children in local orphanages by day and enjoy the sights and new friends by night" support?