Directions: Re-read Annie Dillard's "Living Like Weasels," and find the following words in the essay: giddy, plodding, utterance Now, rewrite the original sentence where that word is found, then below the re-written sentence, write the denotation of the word. Feel free to use a dictionary. Next, below the denotation, write three to four descriptors of the connotation of the word. Then, explain if you think Dillard meant the connotative or denotative meaning of the word in this context, and why.

In melville's "bartleby the scrivener," why does the narrator refuse to fire bartleby even after bartleby has told him he will never write for him again? select all that apply

Which most closely analyzes the information about briony's dreams of becoming an olympic athlete?

Read the following excerpt from "dark tower" by claude mckay before you choose your answer. "we shall not always plant while others reap the golden increment of bursting fruit, nor always countenance, abject and mute, that lesser men should hold their brothers cheap; not everlastingly while others sleep shall we beguile their limbs with mellow flute, not always bend to some more subtle brute. we were not made eternally to weep. the night, whose sable breast relieves the stark, white stars, is no less lovely being dark; and there are buds that cannot bloom at all in light, but crumple, piteous, and fall. so in the dark we hid the heart that bleeds, and wait, and tend our agonizing needs." in context, the expression "the night, whose sable breast relieves the stark,/ white stars, is no less lovely being dark; " is best interpreted as a. the light of the stars overpowers the black of night b. the black of night overpowers the light of the stars c. black and white contribute equally to the beauty of the night sky d. black and white continuously compete for prominence in the night sky