Read the excerpt from "Sea Life." This morning Miss Wu wrote the names of the class officer nominations on the board, and there under "Treasurer" was mine! I couldn’t help myself – I glanced over at Jimmy. Which story element does the author develop in this excerpt? plot details about the narrator’s first day of school characterization of Miss Wu characterization of Jimmy plot details about the class elections

Which term below is the literary term for the technique authors use to stimulate one or more of the reader's five senses? a tone b personification c imagery d rhyme

How do you feel about hrothgar so far? in your opinion, is he a strong or weak king? of course, defend this position.

Read this excerpt from the exposition in "the monkey's paw." father and son were at chess, the former, who possessed ideas about the game involving radical changes, putting his king into such sharp and unnecessary perils that it even provoked comment from the white-haired old lady knitting placidly by the fire. what is one piece of information you can infer about the story from this sentence? a. the father in the story is possessed, so he probably says insane things a lot. b. the woman in the story is knitting, so the characters probably don't have good clothes to wear. c. the father is playing chess with the son, but the son is not old enough to know the rules. d. since the father likes taking risks in a game, he might like taking risks in life as well.