What is the purpose of the octave of an Italian, or Petrarchan, sonnet?

A. to make a comparison

B. to create a narrative

C. to present a problem

D. to offer a solution

In which part of a Shakespearean sonnet is the main idea of the sonnet dramatically stated or reversed?

The questions below refer to the selection "The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant." Sheila is best described as? a. mature and sophisticated b. self-centered c. sensitive to other people's feelings d. a role model for the narrator

Describe a situation in which a person has legitimate power?

What kind act did Perrault perform for Buck?

What year and what city and state does fahrenheit 451 take place?

In Psalm 137, what does "Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth" mean?

From the Canterbury Tales, The wife of Bath's tale The unhappy Midas grew a splendid pair/Of retrices ears ... " In the Wife of bath's tale for what purpose does the narrator tell the story of Midas? A.

7) Which type of punctuation is needed in the underlined portion of the following sentence? Debra does not like to read computer generated text. A) colon B) comma C) ellipsis D) hyphen (computer generated text is supposed to be underlined)

how did William sycamore's two sons die

There were weeds _ the flower in the garden