Which detail from the story is part of the rising action?

a. mr. white is sorry he ever wished on the monkey's paw.
b. the author establishes that the story begins on a cold, wet night.
c. mr. white wishes his son were back in the cemetery.
d. mr. white pulls the monkey's paw from the fire.

Ais a group of letters having a special meaning that appears at the beginning of a word.

On one hand, i aspire to an ivy league vocation: 1 professor of the sciences in higher education. 2 but like noble amphibians that thrive on land and in the stream, 3 i've got another world of which i like to gladly dream. 4 some say that it's abnormal; my affections are exclusive. 5 in science, they say, emotions are something quite elusive. 6 line 3 exemplifies which kind of figurative language? a) hyperbole b) metaphor c) onomatopoeia d) simile

In at least one hundred words, discuss how the man with the umbrella in sorrentino’s “there’s a man in the habit of hitting me on the head with an umbrella” is an example of an extended metaphor and what central theme he conveys.