1. why do the first two sentences contain qualifiers ("oddly enough," "however")?
2. why does ellison suggest that his audience might be "fans of the animated cartoons"?
3. why does ellison think a book about bird-watching might be more edifying than a biography of parker?
4. why does ellison say "hung the bird on charlie" (para. 2) instead of "nicknamed him"?
5. what is the effect of ellison’s references to the story about the infant jesus (para. 3)?
6. why does ellison provide the mockingbird’s scientific name (mimus polyglottos) (para. 4)?
7. how does ellison manage to make this description of jazz sound so jazzy: "by long-continued successions of notes and phrases, by swoops, bleats, echoes, rapidly repeated bebops — i mean rebopped bebops — . ." (para. 4)?
8. what is the effect of the dashes in the phrase above?

Read these sentences from the first section of the article. because of this novel characteristic which singles out washington from other cities, coupled with the fact that the trees are now in full splendor, a short history of their appearance in the capital city is of interest. the first cherry trees were planted in washington by mrs. taft's request on april 4, 1909, just a month after she first made her home in the white house. what is the most likely reason why cobb includes these sentences in the first section? a- to establish himself as a credible authority on the topic of cherry trees b- to state the central idea and begin the narrative of how the trees arrived in washington, d.c. c- to create a sensory image for readers who are not familiar with cherry trees d- to build suspense as to how so many cherry trees arrived in washington, d.c.

Which is these is not a benefit of parallel structure? a)clarity b)classification c)emphasis d)balance

Read the excerpt from”do not go gentle into that good night” which statement best describes the effect of the refrains in this excerpt?