Answer and Explanation:
This question is about the short story "The Most Dangerous Game," by Richard Connell (1893-1949), an American writer and journalist. In the story, the main characters are Rainsford and General Zaroff, two very skilled hunters. Rainsford falls from a yacht and ends up on Zaroff's island, where he is hunted by the general.
The setting changes after Rainsford sees lights in the distance. What is the new setting?
After falling from the yacht and swimming to the island, Rainsford walks for a while. At first, all he can see are rocks and a dense jungle. After some time, he sees lights in the distance. The setting changes, the new setting being Zaroff's mansion.
What details are provided about the it?
The narrator describes the place as being incredibly large - so large that Rainsford thinks it is a village at first. Word choice conveys the grandiosity of the house: "enormous building", "lofty structure", "pointed towers". The narrator is comparing Zaroff's house to a castle, a palace.
How does Rainsford feel about this place?
The place is so astonishing that Rainsford thinks it is a mirage. Nonetheless, he walks up to it and knocks at the door.
Answer:
In the paragraph, timber is the thick trees that grow on the banks. The way it has grown makes it look as if its a "solid wall". "It was a monstrous big river here, with the tallest and the thickest kind of timber on both banks; just a solid wall, as well as I could see by the stars"
Explanation:
Timber, or trees, on the banks of the river look like a “solid wall.”
An interjection is a word used to show feeling. Interjections are words such as:<em> yikes, ouch, </em>etc.
Prepositions are: <em>at, on, in, </em>etc. and they don't show any feeling.
Pronouns are: you, me, them, he, etc.
Conjunctions are: and, or, while, etc.
Answer:
College students are to be offered year-long work experience positions in developing countries under plans to link the UK’s domestic policies with parts of the nation’s foreign aid budget. "Those who are lucky enough to be selected," says Janice Geller, a spokeswoman for the Department of International Finance, "will have the chance to work as apprentice engineers, project managers and accountants. It’s a fantastic opportunity, and there will be more than 1,000 openings in the first year alone.”
Explanation:
As was asked in the question above, the paragraph presented was revised and edited, adding the necessary scores to provide a correct text. The scores allow the reading to be done in a fluid way, adding the necessary pauses and separating the citations from the remainder of the text. Without the points the text would be impossible to be understood correctly and therefore it is necessary to score it.
Literary nonfiction uses many fiction-writing teachniques
