Which sentence from the passage best shows that rip avoids his responsibilities? a. this somewhat surprised him, for he had thought himself acquainted with everyone in their area. b. it was evident that rip was ready to attend to anybody's business but his own. c. he went to live in the village and would often entertain friends with his peculiar story. d. one day, after a quarrel about his habits, rip decided to go for a walk.

Read the excerpt from hemingway’s a farewell to arms. we parked the cars beyond the brickyard. the ovens and some deep holes had been equipped as dressing stations. there were three doctors that i knew. i talked with the major and learned that when it should start and our cars should be loaded we would drive them back along the screened road and up to the main road along the ridge where there would be a post and other cars to clear them. which best describes hemingway’s style of writing in the excerpt? straightforward and simple, while still relating a lot of information to the reader long-winded and offering far too much information to the reader overly complicated, making it difficult to interpret and understand the text effortless and uncomplicated, with little meaning for the reader to interpret

What is most likely the speaker's intent in this excerpt from the speech "solitude of self" by elizabeth cady stanton?

Why is figure of speech important in reading and writing?