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Which sentence in the following excerpt from Amy Tan’s “Rules of the Game” shows that Waverly practices caution? The alley was q

Goryan [66]

Answer:

The sentence from the excerpt that shows Waverly practices caution is:

I climbed the sixteen steps to the door, advancing quietly up each so as not to make any warning sounds.

Explanation:

"Rules of the Game" is a short story by Amy Tan. The main character is Waverly Jong, a young girl who becomes an excellent chess player. In the climax of the story, Waverly gets in trouble for speaking her mind. She ends up offending her mother and, embarrassed and scared, runs away from her.

Upon coming back home, Waverly is extremely cautious. The line that particularly shows us that is:

I climbed the sixteen steps to the door, advancing quietly up each so as not to make any warning sounds.

Waverly knows very well her mother is angry at her. She is hoping to make no sound and to remain unnoticed, which is why she is cautious when climbing the steps to their apartment. As a matter of fact, Waverly is a very smart girl. The story ends with her visualizing her difficult relationship with her mother as a game of chess. For now, she is losing. Her mother is still more clever, more experienced. No wonder the door was locked.

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describe in two or three sentences a pet you or someone you know has had. Use a linking verb in at least two of the sentences

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Hey there,

Describe in two or three sentences a pet you or someone you know has had. Use a linking verb in at least two of the sentences.

I had a cat and her name was Julia. My cat was very (active) and she always love to (run) and explore. There were times where she would live the house, and she wouldn't come back until 5 days later. She loved to (explore) and have fun.

I Hope that help you!

~Jurgen

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Read the excerpt from The Diary of Anne Frank. Mr. Frank. Mrs. Van Daan, Mr. Van Daan, Peter. (Then, in explanation of their lat

galben [10]

Answer: B to remind the reader that the opening scene and this scene take place at different time periods

Explanation:

Got it right

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Which two lines of text in this excerpt from William Dean Howells's "Editha" demonstrate the author’s opposition to conventional

Debora [2.8K]

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"You just expected him to kill someone else, some of those foreigners, that weren't there because they had any say about it, but because they had to be there, poor wretches—conscripts, or whatever they call 'em"

These lines are a manifestation of author's strong opposition to the traditional ways of showing patriotism, showing empathy towards the poor and helpless foreigners who could not do anything and were likely to be killed.

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Contrast the Dursleys’ perception of magic with Harry’s perception of magic in this passage. Cite examples from the text to supp

UkoKoshka [18]

Answer:

In this passage, we can notice that the Dursleys' hate magic and everything that cannot be considered as "normal", as we can see from the following example:

Ever since Harry had come home for the summer holidays, Uncle Vernon had been treating him like a bomb that might go off at any moment, because Harry Potter wasn’t a normal boy.

For them, Harry's magical powers represent an abnormality which they are trying to eradicate. They are ashamed of Harry's gift, and they are doing everything they can in order to hide him from their friends, neighbors, and acquaintances. According to the Dursleys' Harry is not normal because he is a wizard and the only thing they hate more than Harry is magic:

As a matter of fact, he was as not normal as it is possible to be. Harry Potter was a wizard.

On the other hand, Harry feels very lonely, he misses Hogwarts, his friends, the fact he could use magic there, and all those things which were not normal for the Dursleys':

He missed Hogwarts so much it was like having a constant stomachache. He missed the castle, with its secret passageways and ghosts, his classes, the mail arriving by owl, eating banquets in the Great Hall, sleeping in his four-poster bed in the tower dormitory, visiting the gamekeeper, Hagrid, in his cabin next to the Forbidden Forest in the grounds, and especially, Quidditch, the most popular sport in the wizarding world.

For Harry, magic is his past, his future, the only thing which makes him happy and reminds him of his parents. These "abnormalities" are part of his life and he could not imagine spending the rest of his life with the Dursleys', without being able to use magic again.

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