Alone in her studio, Mina sat in front of her canvas admiring her latest creation, when the doorbell rang. “Coming!” Mina shouted cheerfully as she ran down the stairs. She twisted the deadbolt and opened the door, but, to her surprise, the only thing waiting for her was the fresh air of the beautiful spring day. “Hello?” she asked, looking around. No one was there. She was just about to close the door when a glimmer of color caught her eye. Down by her feet, there was a small red box. Intrigued, she picked it up and took one last look around. A light breeze tickled her arm, and she shuddered. In three to five sentences, explain what point of view the author uses and how the author creates interest in the story.

In this excerpt from phillip freneau's poem “american liberty,” the speaker describes being “slaves and minions to a parliament.” what is the intended meaning of this hyperbole? and should we now when spread thro' ev'ry shore, submit to that our fathers shunn'd before? should we, just heaven, our blood and labour spent, be slaves and minions to a parliament? perish the thought, nor may one wretch remain, who dares not fight and in our cause be slain; a. the speaker feels that the colonists should pay their share of taxes. b. the speaker believes that the british government is broken and should be fixed. c. the speaker thinks that the colonists are being unfairly treated by the british government. d. the speaker intends to lead a slave revolt against the british government.

When first i engaged in this work, i resolved to leave neither words nor things unexamined, and myself with a prospect of the hours which i should revel away in feasts of literature . . –preface to a dictionary of the english language, samuel johnson what is the connotation of the word revel in this passage?

Based on this excerpt, the reader is able to conclude that turner feels about his friendship with lizzie.