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The correct answer for this question is this one: "2. by describing a mysterious and nervous stranger." The part of Lanyon’s letter help create suspense <span>by describing a mysterious and nervous stranger. It is quite uneasy for a person to meet a stranger. It is something that is new for him or her.
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A lair is a <span>hideout,
a scabbard is a </span><span>sheath for a sword,
a hilt is a handle of a sword,
a complacent person is someone who is not eager to please,
while a covetous person is someone who is eager to obtain or posses,
All of these can be found in dictionaries, and you made a typo by writing liar instead of a lair.
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They both relate to personal experience and are both frequently told from 1st person perspective.
A narrative poem is one that tells a story. It follows a similar structure as that for a short story or novel. There is beginning, a middle, and an end, as well as the usual literary devices such as a character and a plot
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examples:
Dumb as a dog he listened, and he heard the robber say- simile
The wind was a torrent of darkness- Metaphor
He whistled a tune to the window- Onomatopoeia
And the highwayman came riding-
riding- riding-
The highwayman came riding, up to the old inn-door -Repetition
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The t-shirt that they give only to people who finish is a big reason that so many people take up the challenging race.
This paraphrase presents the same information as in the sentence, but since it should be a bit more of a summary, it takes out the specific detail of how many people actually run the race, which can just be paraphrased into 'so many'.