Thoreau wrote: “if a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.” this quote expresses thoreau’s in the essay walden.

a. tone.

b. metaphor

c. perspective

d. purpose

Read the excerpt from “strychnine in the soup,” in which mr. mulliner explains the ending of a mystery novel to a bar patron who is anxious to know the conclusion of the story. “the plumber forgot his snake and had to go back for it,” explained mr. mulliner. ‘‘i trust that this revelation will prove sedative.” “i feel a new man,” said the draught stout. “i’d have lain awake worrying about that murder all night.” explain how a student who did not know the meaning of sedative could infer its definition?