Read this excerpt from a descriptive essay. "the thick fog nearly masked the skeletons of the winter-bare trees. everything was gray: the sky, the house across the street, the single bird pecking around for the rare worm that might have surfaced on this dreadful, cold, january day." what mood does this writer's description create?
a. hopeful
b. impatient
c. depressed
d. anticipatory

Write a two-paragraph objective summary of charlotte perkins gilman's "the yellow wallpaper." identify a theme of the story and explore how characterization and setting develop that theme. one paragraph will be about character and the other paragraph will be about setting, but both paragraphs must be about the same theme. your story should include the following elements: two paragraphs, each about a different detail (character or setting) that shows the theme objective summaries that emphasize details related to each paragraph topic clear, formal, academic language that shows your professionalism you should have completed a draft of this assignment in the activity before this one. if you haven't done so, go back and complete that activity now.

Make sure the topic of your persuasive essay is not a.something someone else is writing about b.a fact c.something you have written about before

Excerpted from "the children's hour" by henry wadsworth longfellow a whisper, and then a silence: yet i know by their merry eyes they are plotting and planning together to take me by surprise. a sudden rush from the stairway, a sudden raid from the hall! by three doors left unguarded they enter my castle wall! look carefully at the lines above. a poem with this particular rhyme scheme is best read a. line by line. b. with long pauses. c. phrase by phrase. d. with a strong rhythm.