In 1924, Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb were convicted of killing a fourteen-year-
old neighbor boy. Leopold and Loeb were in their late teens, came from wealthy
families, and attended college. They wanted to commit the "perfect crime." Attorney
Clarence Darrow, a lifetime opponent of the death penalty, was their defense
attorney
excerpt from Clarence Darrow's closing argument in Illinois v. Nathan Leopold and
Richard Loeb, August 22-25, 1924
And then came the planning for this crime. Murder was the least part of it; to kidnap
and get the money, and kill in connection with it: that was the childish scheme
growing up in these childish minds. And they had it in mind for five or six months,
planning what? Planning where every step was foolish and childish, acts that could
have been planned in an hour or a day; planning this, and then planning that,
changing this and changing that the weird actions of two mad brains.
How does the use of hypophora in this excerpt advance the speaker's viewpoint?

That alligator hungry. vittles very scarce that time a season. his belly be pinchin him hard, now. but bruh deer is fat, and so he is in heavy trouble. the alligator there in front of him. the beagles there behind him. what bruh deer gone do? he sees the alligator and he hears the beagles. how does the author readers understand what the word pinchin means?

Read the following excerpt from "dark tower" by claude mckay before you choose your answer. "we shall not always plant while others reap the golden increment of bursting fruit, nor always countenance, abject and mute, that lesser men should hold their brothers cheap; not everlastingly while others sleep shall we beguile their limbs with mellow flute, not always bend to some more subtle brute. we were not made eternally to weep. the night, whose sable breast relieves the stark, white stars, is no less lovely being dark; and there are buds that cannot bloom at all in light, but crumple, piteous, and fall. so in the dark we hid the heart that bleeds, and wait, and tend our agonizing needs." in context, the expression "the night, whose sable breast relieves the stark,/ white stars, is no less lovely being dark; " is best interpreted as a. the light of the stars overpowers the black of night b. the black of night overpowers the light of the stars c. black and white contribute equally to the beauty of the night sky d. black and white continuously compete for prominence in the night sky

In the excerpt above, what can be inferred by the statement, "the dillingham had been flung to the breeze during aformer period of prosperity.?