Read the excerpt from "the adventure of the mysterious picture." “[t]here is a secret about one of my rooms on which i feel disposed to try an experiment. so, gentlemen, none of you shall know who has the haunted chamber, until circumstances reveal it. i will not even know it myself, but will leave it to chance and the allotment of the housekeeper. at the same time, if it will be any satisfaction to you, i will observe, for the honor of my paternal mansion, that there’s scarcely a chamber in it but is well worthy of being haunted.” what technique does irving use to build suspense in the excerpt? the pace of the story quickens. the word choice darkens the tone. odd characters are introduced. setting details are intentionally omitted.

Start writing a narrative by summarizing thebeginning, middle, and end in the spacesprovided. for this step, tell the events in the orderthey actually happened. use past tense. i get really bad writer's block,

In this excerpt from "a modest proposal" by jonathan swift, which important issue does the writer deal with using a satirical tone? some persons of a desponding spirit are in great concern about that vast number of poor people, who are aged, diseased, or maimed; and i have been desired to employ my thoughts what course may be taken, to ease the nation of so grievous an incumbrance. but i am not in the least pain upon that matter, because it is very well known, that they are every day dying, and rotting, by cold and famine, and filth, and vermin, as fast as can be reasonably expected. and as to the young labourers, they are now in almost as hopeful a condition. they cannot get work, and consequently pine away from want of nourishment, to a degree, that if at any time they are accidentally hired to common labour, they have not strength to perform it, and thus the country and themselves are happily delivered from the evils to come. a. old, sickly people cannot be hired as laborers because they don't have the physical stamina required for the job. b. old, sickly people and young laborers are useless to the nation because they cannot be productive citizens. c. the economy of the nation is burdened by the poor, the old, and the sickly who survive on charity and handouts. d. the living conditions of the poor and their lack of employment opportunities are serious concerns for the nation. reset next

Compare how this myth is portrayed in the painting and in the text. is the mood similar or different? how do the painter and the author create these moods