Read the sentence below and answer the following question:

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness. . ." -Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities

What is the advantage of repeating the syntax of the initial clause "It was the. . ."?

A)The monotone creates a feeling of disaster.

B) The parallel words make the reader confused.

C) The pattern suggests that music will be used.

D) The repetition creates a comparison/contrast theme.

elise is writing a literary analysis of a biographical essay about emily dickinson.

which of the following should elise use in order to provide a strong claim statement in the introduction to her analysis?

a.  

“a life apart” by julia golding maintains that emily dickenson wrote over a thousand poems during her life.

some attention getter quotes to support your thesis regarding brain work could be the following: :

a. storage capacity of your brain is virtually unlimited.

b. your brain produces sufficient electricity to light-up a small bulb.

c. different brain circuits are involved with reading aloud or silently.

d. your brain by itself does not feel pain.

e. reading allows your brain to download info directly.

f. brains of two musicians performing together can synchronize.