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4 years ago

Read the excerpt from an adaptation of "To Build a Fire."

English

2 answers:

DaniilM [7]4 years ago

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Answer:

The author uses direct characterization to reveal the

man's emotions

enyata [817]4 years ago

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Answer:

The author uses direct characterization to reveal the

man's emotions

Explanation:

The author says directly that the man is angry.

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William Bradford.

Anne Bradstreet.

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Excerpt written by Willian Bradford, in the poem "A word to New England":

"Oh New England, you can not boast;

Thy former glory thou hast lost.

When H00ker, Winthrop, Cotton died,

And many precious ones beside,

Thy beauty then it did decay,

And still doth languish more away. "

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"Bubble blast, how long can'st last?

That always art a breaking,

No sooner blown, but dead and gone,

Ev'n as a word that's speaking.

The whil'st I live, this grace me give,

I doing good may be,

Then death's arrest I shall count best,

because it's thy decree. "

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