In "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge," Bierce switches from past tense to present tense in the next to the last paragraph of the story. What is the effect of this shift?
A. It helps the reader understand the passage of time.
B. It proves that Farquhar is actually alive.
C. It slows the story's pace before the surprise ending.
D. It creates a sudden sense of immediacy and tension.

Read the passage from sugar changed the world. but there is another story as well. information about sugar spread as human knowledge expanded, as great civilizations and cultures exchanged ideas. in fact, while sugar was the direct cause of the expansion of slavery, the global connections that sugar brought about also fostered the most powerful ideas of human freedom. how do the details in this passage support the authors’ purpose? the details about the expansion of sugar inform readers about how widespread the use of sugar was. the details about human knowledge inform readers about how humans learned about sugar. the details about ideas and global connections persuade readers that sugar’s story has multiple consequences. the details about the spread of information about sugar entertain readers with stories of travel.

Which statement best describes the term symbolism?

What are two themes in ted chiang’s “exhalation”?