Read the following paragraph and answer the question that follows.

As Raul walked down the hallway of the apartment building, arms laden with grocery bags, a large, unfamiliar black dog rounded the corner ahead and stopped, blocking the way. "N-n-n-n-nice dog!" Raul stammered. Around the corner, the owner of this large but friendly beast was just several steps away.

What statement best describes the dramatic irony in this passage?

A.
Raul wants to drop his groceries and run to his apartment.
B.
Raul wants to run around the corner and find the dog’s owner.
C.
Raul is afraid because this dog had previously bitten him.
D.
Raul is afraid because he doesn’t know that the dog’s owner is nearby.

The ancient greek poet. homer, is credited with writing the odyssey. however, scholars still debate whether homer wrote the entire epic. what is the main reason for this uncertainty? o some sections of the epic are written in different poetic styles and forms. most ancient greeks could not read or write, so the epic was first written in latin ob och storytellers repeated the epic aloud for centuries before it was ever written down. od the epic was a fictional account, so the identity of its author may have been fictionalized as well.

Read the excerpt from "a modest proposal." the poorer tenants will have something valuable of their own, which by law may be made liable to a distress, and to pay their landlord's rent, their corn and cattle being already seized, and money a thing unknown. which statement effectively uses a quotation to show that swift claims that the poor will also benefit from his proposal? “swift writes that poorer tenants will have something valuable of their own, which by law may be made liable to a distress.” swift writes that poorer tenants will finally have something to pay their landlord’s rent since they have neither money nor trade. swift writes that poorer tenants will have something to trade for rent since “their corn and cattle” have already been seized. swift writes that “poorer tenants will have something valuable of their own” that can “ to pay their landlord’s rent.”

Jamal english, mandarin and a bit of arabic. a. speaks b. speak c. speaking d. is speaking