Select the denotation of the word apparition.

a ghostlike or invisible appearance

to express agreement

excessively thin

something taken to be the truth

What effect is accomplished by the author's choice to end the poem with the final couplet? A) It causes the reader to avoid thinking about death. B) It causes the reader to feel despair over death's inevitability.

Why does cummings' describe the sound of the balloonman's whistle as "far and wee"?

10. Freddie decided to give a treat to his dog, Wally, each time Wally did the right trick. What is the infinitive in the sentence above?

If an organism eats an insect, what type of heterotroph is it?

Which of the following situations is most likely to constitute an instance of plagiarism? a. Summarizing a published article in a short paragraph, adding a citation, and including this in a paper. b.

Although Mary has been my best friend. We don't see each other often. Run on, fragment error, or unnecessary semicolon. (I believe it is a fragment error)

In paragraph three when Henry states: "Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss," he is employing which rhetorical strategy? A) allusion B) ethos C) personification D) symbolism

From "A Nocturnal Reverie" by Anne Finch Joys in the inferior world, and thinks it like her own: In such a night let me abroad remain, Till morning breaks, and all's confused again;

Identify the participle and the word the participle modifies. One day my friend, excited about her new bicycle, called me on the phone.

Which form of poetry uses unexpected rhymes for the sake of humor?