Read the author’s “Notice” from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and answer the question. Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot.

What is the author’s purpose in including this ironic notice?

A. to remind readers that The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has no political agenda
B. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is intended to be read rather than analyzed.
C. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is meant to be a serious work of literature.
D. to warn readers that The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn does not follow a typical plot

*D is wrong*

right angles are formed by perpendicular lines. if the lines would extend, to make two intersecting lines, they would form four right angles.

1.   in sonnet 18, the speaker wants to describe the beauty of his love, but can’t find the words to do so. the speaker says “then in mid-utterance the lay was lost” when he tries to think of the words to describe his love’s beauty.   through his defeat of finding words to describe his love, he shows his love for her.

2.   instead of describing how perfect his love is or comparing her to other beautiful things, he says she is average and there is nothing special about her.   at the last 2 lines of the poem, the volta changes the poem by saying that even though his love is average in beauty, his love for her is special and unique. so instead of praising her throughout the whole poem, he contrasts her average characteristics with his special love for her.

3.   the beloved asked the speaker to describe how he feels about her. she begins to describe what she feels but "drop the torch" and says that she can't do it because the words "hid in me out of reach." the the speaker says "nay, let the silence of my womanhood command my woman-love to thy belief" and that her silence will have to be the answer to his question.