Read the excerpt from part one of trifles. hale. well, my first thought was to get that rope off. i looked . . (stops, his face twitches.) . . but harry, he went up to him, and he said, "no, he's dead all right, and we'd better not touch anything." how does the use of the word "twitches" in the stage direction most affect this scene? it characterizes hale as someone who is weak and cannot handle difficult aspects of the job. it emphasizes the fact that death is a difficult subject for mr. hale and causes him discomfort. it hints to the reader that hale may have somehow been involved and is acting out of guilt. it reveals to the reader that hale is extremely upset because he and mr. wright were very close.

Explain what effect the repetition of the lines brennan on the moor, brennan on the moor, bold and undaunted stood young brennan on the has on the meaning of the poem. use at two details from the text to support your answer. use the raqeqec format and write down the line number for your quote

Is "ing" an unstressed or stressed syllable?

Read the excerpt from the land. in the late afternoon i did the same, but all the time i was on the stallion, i was aware that mitchell was watching me. he had appeared on the edge of the woods and had just stood there watching ghost wind and me as we went round and round the meadow. finally, on one of our turns past him, he said: "s'pose you thinkin' you a real somebody 'cause you can ride that stallion." i looked down at mitchell and stopped, knowing that despite our understanding, he was itching for a fight with me. now, i don't know what possessed me in that moment to say the next thing i did. maybe i was feeling guilty that because i was my daddy's son, i could ride ghost wind. maybe it was that, but it wasn't out of fear i said what i said. i no longer was afraid of mitchell. "you want to ride him? " i asked. mitchell took a step backward. it was obvious he hadn't expected me to say that. "you know i can't ride him," he said. "your white daddy'd kill me." "you want to ride him? " i asked again. mitchell looked at the stallion, then at me. "so, what if i do? " what intrinsic motivation does the author most likely intend the reader to infer from the passage? paul is motivated by his need to have mitchell praise his riding skills. mitchell is motivated by his need to have paul praise his riding skills. paul is motivated by jealousy and wishes he had free time like mitchell. mitchell is motivated by jealousy and wishes he could ride the horse.