Explain the importance of understanding the historical context for an author's writing.

The bright sun smiled at me after the thick clouds disappeared what's the personification in the sentence

One of the three " highways of water" bordering Greece

Lord of the flies what does the island symbolize

Which word in the sentence is an object of a preposition? He found a turtle hiding under a log.

Which poetic device in the poem conveys the speaker's depression?

What theme about government does jefferson communicate in the second paragraph from the story the declaration of independence

What caused the greatest loss of life among the pilgrims

My favorite flavors ice cream or strawberry coffee and chocolate identify the error in this sentence

Read the excerpt from Blanca Flor. The Narrator. By this time, the fire had evaporated Blanca Flor's spit, and there was no answer. Don Ricardo knew that Blanca Flor was gone, and that she had run away with Juanito.

When Elizabeth Proctor lies about her husband's affair with Abigail, it is an example of dramatic irony. What is the purpose behind this dramatic irony? Explain.