Vocabulary in Context
Vocabulary Practice
Choose true or false for each statement. Write the clue or clues that make you think that way.
1. If something happens inevitably, there is probably no way to avoid it.
2. A preoccupied person is one who lives in a house that was previously occupied.
3. A threshold can be found at the front of the house.
4. A person walking slowly communicates a feeling of urgency.
5. People who contemplate art tend to have little respect for culture.
6. If someone retorts, he or she is probably irritated or impatient.

How does crane's depiction of the way information was spread in the nineteenth century affect the novel? crane seeks to use the novel as a way to criticize the journalists of the time for how they glorified war as a means of union propaganda. by depicting the extent to which newspapers were circulated, crane seeks to expose the lack of unbiased reporting at the time. by giving newspapers a major role in the novel, crane seeks to make a connection between the increasing role of the military in national affairs and the decline of farming. crane captures the power of journalistic reports at a time when it was the primary means of transmitting information to a broad audience by showing its influence on henry.