Answer:
Part A
How does the author provide readers with important information about Aunt Gertrude in the passage's exposition?
The author includes a flashback that details the narrator's interactions with and views on his aunt.
The author has the narrator's uncle read aloud a letter written by Aunt Gertrude.
The author includes dialogue in which characters talk about Aunt Gertrude's traits.
The author foreshadows the ending by mentioning Aunt Gertrude's well-known generosity.
Question 2
Part B
Which sentence from the exposition best illustrates the function of this part of the story as identified in Part A?
“This was not the time to press Aunt Gertrude for details, and just a few minutes later, she died peacefully.”
"I had seen Aunt Gertrude more in the past two years than I had ever before in my life, and she could be terrifying, often wearing a mean scowl on her deeply lined face."
“I’ll never forget the last moments before she died.”
“Although I never felt particularly close to Aunt Gertrude, it was comforting to know she was close by in her last years.”
Sorry I could not attach the story myself but here this the name of it
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Answer:
In Rip Van Winkle, Irving shows his doubts about the "new America". After the Revolutionary war. America was trying to develop themselves. They were free to govern their selves within the process of developing themselves. However,some of them were unsure of their identities in the new country. Irving was born among this generation in the newly created United States of America. He was also unsure of his identity in America. Irving is somewhat negative about being an American. The main reason for this negativity or uncertainty is the country had no history and was new, whereas the Europeans had built themselves for thousands of years.
Explanation:
2.) Settings
Talks about all the settings in the story
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