O The gate to my compound was opened and alas! total darkness. I asked
Driver Alfred whether there was power outage but he burst into laughter
Then I heard a loudest, “SURPRISE!" The lights came in and I saw
my beautiful wife and kids run towards me to give the hug of the century
There was a large banner on the wall of the hall with the inscription
'WELCOME AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY”. I was so thrilled because
had even forgotten it was my birthday. I then understood why my wife
failed to turn up at the airport. We had a feast and I was very happy.

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“insects for dinner” combines a scientific tone with a more informal one. give some examples of diction from the article that’s creates both lines

Read the excerpt from "annabel lee," by edgar allan poe. and this was the reason that, long ago, in this kingdom by the sea, a wind blew out of a cloud, chilling my beautiful annabel lee; so that her highborn kinsmen came and bore her away from me, to shut her up in a sepulchre in this kingdom by the sea. how does the rhythm of the excerpt support the theme of the poem? the rhythm changes on the phrase “a kingdom by the sea,” emphasizing poe’s distrust of a monarchy. the rhythm changes on the phrase “bore her away from me,” emphasizing poe’s desire to be reunited the rhythm changes on the words “chilling” and “sepulchre,” emphasizing poe’s complaint about unexpected death. the rhythm changes on the words “lee” and “me,” emphasizing poe’s fear that his bond with his love is fragile.

The author most likely included these details in order to read the excerpt from "justin lebo." it was a bmx bike with a twenty-inch trame. its original color was buried beneath five or six coats of gunky paint. now it showed up as sort of a rusted red. everything the grips, the pedals, the brakes, the seat, the spokes-were bent or broken, twisted and rusted, highlight the amount of money justin had to spend to restore the bicycle llustrate why justin wanted to give the bicycle away to someone else. emphasize how hard justin had to work to restore the bicycle. show why justin may have made a mistake in buying this bicycle