In "How Archaeologists Found the Lost City of Troy," what is the author's purpose in telling the story of Troy's defeat in the Trojan War? A: to pay tribute to Homer as an epic storyteller

B: to explain the importance of the city of Troy in Greek mythology

C: to give biographical information of the real people who lived in Troy

D: to entertain the reader with a tale of war, deceit, and victory

Parla you studied both a video analysis and text analysis of the poem "i hear america singing." consider how the speaker of the poem describes america as "singing. nrite a paragraph discussing the central theme of the poem, drawing information from both the video and the text. cite specific evidence from the video and text to support analysis

What is the effect of narrator's word choice on the tone of this passage? the words "my heart shrank within itself" create a fearful tone. the words "wounded his fellow" develop a remorseful tone. the words "struck harsh upon my ears" suggest an irritated tone. the words "better-omened" set a hopeful tone. excerpt from "the cabuliwallah" by rabindranath tagore i was sitting in my study, looking through the accounts, when some one entered, saluting respectfully, and stood before me. it was rahmun the cabuliwallah. at first i did not recognise him. he had no bag, nor the long hair, nor the same vigour that he used to have. but he smiled, and i knew him again. "when did you come, rahmun? " i asked him. "last evening," he said, "i was released from jail." the words struck harsh upon my ears. i had never before talked with one who had wounded his fellow, and my heart shrank within itself when i realised this; for i felt that the day would have been better-omened had he not turned up.

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