Alot of student loans were taken out to pay for things like living expenses, tuition, and the usual stuff (which i don't expect to pay back for another 15 years or so), but i also pay for college by working as a data-entry clerk for w. w. direct for the entire span of 4 years. what is the style of this excerpt from paul f. covington's cover letter? o a. sarcastic o b. elegant o c. formal o d. wordy

i'm a frog i'm a frog i read about frogs i breath thee frogs the frogs are great but not me

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themes and meanings

(comprehensive guide to drama)

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there are two central themes in  the miracle worker: that the human spirit can triumph over even the most daunting of disabilities and that a dedicated teacher can transform the lives of those with whom he or she comes into contact. these inspirational themes have long been personified in the widely known true-life relationship between helen keller and annie sullivan, but  the miracle worker  also dramatizes collateral issues that extend beyond the particular case. underlying helen’s process of learning basic principles of what annie terms “obedience” (decorum, etiquette, and hygiene), there are more universal lessons of self-governance—the inculcation of self-restraint instead of willfulness, the development of self-discipline instead of self-indulgence. only when these lessons have been mastered can helen begin to acquire language—which, annie says, “is to the mind more than light is to the eye.”

one context clue that me find the meaning of luxuriance was that the base word of luxuriance is luxury, so i think that luxuriance means something that is luxury, or something luxurious.