My Antonia is a novel written by the Author Willa Cather in 1918. The novel tells the story of the pioneers of Nebraska and their life in the Old West, The story makes emphasis on the role of the women during that time. There are two other novels which are the thematic preceding of My Antonia: O Pioneers! and The Song of the Lark.
The theme presented in the comparison of the older siblings with the younger ones is that when it comes to character or education, there is not better school than life. This is actually the main content of the whole passage presented here.
Life experiences and hard work represent a better school and teachings than the ones you can get in the formal schooling system.
The correct answer is A.
The author does not allude the visitor as being Herbert. He merely call it "the thing outside". Therefore, this is not a way the author creates suspense in the story.
The rest of the options: the description of the scraping, the echoes of the knocks, and the difficulty to find the object that was needed, are all elements that help build up suspense in this passage.
The sentence that uses Standard English is The boy had grown up very quickly.
Standard English uses correct grammar and vocabulary, and the first sentence doesn't - it should be <em>The boy grew up very quickly.</em>
ANSWER : Poetry is everywhere, and it hides in plain view. Everyday writing like catalogs and tax forms can contain the ingredients for a "found poem". Writers of found poetry pull words and phrases from various sources,including news articles,shopping lists,grateful,historic documents, and even other works of literature. The original language is reformatted to create the found poem.
