So far, things were utterly dull: nobody had thundered, there were no arguments between opposing counsel, there was no drama; a grave disappointment to all present, it seemed. Atticus was proceeding amiably, as if he were involved in a title dispute. With his infinite capacity for calming turbulent seas, he could make a rape case
Well how do you know we ain't Negroes?"
"Uncle Jack Finch says we really don't know. He says as far as he can trace back the Finches we ain't, but for all he knows we mighta come straight out of Ethiopia durin' the Old Testament."
"Well if we came out durin' the Old Testament it's too long ago to matter."
"That's what I thought," said Jem, "but around here once you have a drop of Negro blood, that makes you all black." (16.78-81) as dry as a sermon. (17.56)
As Judge Taylor banged his gavel, Mr. Ewell was sitting smugly in the witness chair, surveying his handiwork. With one phrase he had turned happy picnickers into a sulky, tense, murmuring crowd, being slowly hypnotized by gavel taps lessening in intensity until the only sound in the courtroom was a dim pink-pink-pink: the judge might have been rapping the bench with a pencil. (17.95)
Answer:
Pen picture poem:
I don't put pen to paper
expecting miracles
I put my pen to paper
to spend my precious ink.
I only write to rewrite again.
I only stop to write
when I run out of ink
Couplets:
True ease In wilting comes from art not chance. As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance 'Us not enough no harshness gives offence. The sound must seem an echo to the sense.
Explanation:
"Of" is a preposition in the phrase "Of studying" and "until" is another, as well as "to" in the phrase "to college" so there are 3 in that sentence.
The author tell the reader about a character by revealing any specific traits in a straightforward manner.
