A figure has suddenly materialized in the gloom and in the silence we can hear the clickety-clack of slow, measured
footsteps on concrete as the figure walks slowly toward them. One of the women lets out a stifled cry. The young
mother grabs her boy as do a couple of others.
-The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street,
Rod Serling
What type of mood do the stage directions create in this scene?

Which generalization does the speaker make in the last stanza of to a louse? a) our main source of power comes from living blunder-free lives b) sometimes the best gifts come in the form of little creatures c) seeing ourselves as others see us would free us from blundering

Read this excerpt from "a visit from the goon squad."that’s when he began singing the songs he’d been writing for years underground, songs no one had ever heard, or anything like them—“eyes in my head,” “x’s and o’s,” “who’s watching hardest”—ballads of paranoia and disconnection ripped from the chest of a man you knew just by looking had never had a page or a profile or a handle or a handset, who was part of no one’s data, a guy who had lived in the cracks all these years, forgotten and full of rage, in a way that now registered as pure. untouched.how does the author use satire in this excerpt? the author is criticizing media censorship.the author is criticizing the idea of isolationism.the author is mocking society’s overuse of technology.the author is mocking man’s inability to freely express himself.

What is the message? how does langston hughes convey the message in this poem?