Answer:
slowly and deliberately unfolding the plot
Explanation:
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb is the 9th of the 12 stories found in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes written by a British writer known as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.The story which was set in 1889 talks about Mr. Victor Hatherley, a hydraulic engineer from London.
Colonel Lysander Stark was said to have visited the young Engineer in his office and offered him a task to examine the hydraulic press that was used to crush earth into bricks. Strange events took place and Colonel Stark tried to kill Mr. Victor using a machine. He tried to escape by jumping off a second story window but got his thumb severed in the process by Starks Cleaver.
Answer:
She now realizes that Ezze is not a good friend and she needs to find new
friends.
<span>The central message is what's the point of the war. </span>
Answer:
metaphor or personification.
Explanation:
Answer:
The man was about to be hanged.
Explanation:
Ambrose Bierce's short story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" tells the story of how a convicted man was about to be hanged on the railroad bridge. The man, Peyton Farquhar, was a plantation farmer who was accused of trying to burn down the bridge during the Civil War.
The lines/ excerpt given in the question is from the first paragraph of the story which shows Peyton waiting for his death. The author/ speaker of the story is describing the scene and setting of the story, the exact point where we see Peyton (yet unnamed) waiting for the rope to be pulled which will finalize his death.