MY abode is not silent, nor I myself loud voiced;

the Lord laid laws upon us,

shaped our course together;

I am swifter than he, stronger at times,

he more laborious;

sometimes I rest; he must needs run on.

I ever dwell in him while I live:

if we are parted death is my destiny.

Explain how this riddle works. Describe the "speaker" of the riddle and tell how each statement about the speaker of its abode fits what you think the speaker is.

Review the passage from “the listeners.” for he suddenly smote on the door, even louder, and lifted his head: — "tell them i came, and no one answered, that i kept my word," he said. based on this passage, what is the best inference about the man?

Read this excerpt from holes. he had no sailing experience, but the ship’s captain signed him aboard. the captain could see that elya was a man of great strength. not everybody could carry a full-grown pig up the side of a mountain. it wasn’t until the ship had cleared the harbor and was heading out across the atlantic that he suddenly remembered his promise to carry madame zeroni up the mountain. he felt terrible. what information does this flashback provide about elya? a.elya did not intend to break his promise to madame zeroni. b.madame zeroni is very angry and disappointed in elya. c.elya is terribly afraid of madame zeroni’s curse. d.elya does not care what happened to madame zeroni.

Which of the following best explains why the author chose the compare-and-contrast structure for paragraph 2