Review this excerpt from "lather and nothing else." i estimated he had a four-days’ growth of beard, the four days he had been gone on the last foray after our men. his face looked burnt, tanned by the sun. i started to work carefully on the shaving soap. i scraped some slices from the cake, dropped them into the mug, then added a little lukewarm water, and stirred with the brush. the lather soon began to rise. "the fellows in the troop must have just about asmuch beard as i.” i went on stirring up lather. which is true about the pacing in this excerpt? the short, choppy sentences slow the pace and provide background information. the short, choppy sentences quicken the pace and create a sense of urgency. the long, detailed sentences slow the pace and provide background information. the long, detailed sentences quicken the pace and create a sense of urgency.

Will give read the sentence: (blank) starting to rain outside. which is the best word to complete the sentence? a : its b : its’ c : ’tis d : it’s

Match each poem with the subculture or counterculture from which it came. hip–hop counterculture feminist counterculture beat generation a. "pay attention, here's the thick of the plot/i pulled up to the corner at the end of my block/and that's when i saw this beautiful girly–girl walkin'/i picked up my car phone to perpetrate like i was talkin'" (jazzy jeff and the fresh prince) b. "for no church told me/no guru holds me/no advice/just stone/of new york" (jack kerouac) c. "you fit into me/ like a hook into an eye/a fish hook/an open eye" (margaret atwood)

Match each excerpt to the correct stanza structure. 1. it was many and many a year ago, in a kingdom by the sea, that a maiden there lived whom you may know by the name of annabel lee; and this maiden she lived with no other thought than to love and be loved by me. (from "annabel lee" by edgar allan poe) 2. o thou, new-year, delaying long, delayest the sorrow in my blood, that longs to burst a frozen bud and flood a fresher throat with song. (from "in memoriam" by alfred lord tennyson) 3. nature’s first green is gold, her hardest hue to hold. her early leaf’s a flower but only so an hour. then leaf subsides to leaf. so eden sank to grief,; so dawn goes down to day. nothing gold can stay. (from "nothing gold can stay" by robert frost) 4. at sestos hero dwelt; hero the fair, whom young apollo courted for her hair, and offered as a dower his burning throne, where she should sit for men to gaze upon. the outside of her garments were of lawn, the lining purple silk, with gilt stars drawn; (from "hero and leander" by christopher marlowe) quatrain couplet octave sestet