Isighed with impatience. in recent months armand had become a figure of authority,
siding with my father and mother occasionally. as the oldest son, he sometimes took
advantage of his age and experience to issue rules and regulations.
"how much money have you got? " he whispered.
"you in some kind of trouble? " i asked, excitement rising in me as i remembered the
blackmail plot of a movie at the globe a month before.
he shook his head in annoyance. "look," he said, "it's pa's birthday tomorrow. i think
we ought to chip in and buy him "
which best identifies the character traits this passage reveals in armand?

a) he is considerate
b) he is selfish
c) he is desperate for his father's approval
d) he is good at collecting money

Agood persuasive essay topic cannot be a. a fact b. debatable c. something somebody else has already written about

Read the excerpt from frederick douglass’s speech “what to the slave is the fourth of july? ”go where you may, search where you will, roam through all the monarchies and despotisms of the old world, travel through south america, search out every abuse, and when you have found the last, lay your facts by the side of the everyday practices of this nation, and you will say with me, that, for revolting barbarity and shameless hypocrisy, america reigns without a rival.what is one way that douglass achieves his purpose of persuading the reader to see his point of view? by relating as many facts and statistics to the reader as possibleby using familiar and casual language to make the reader feel comfortableby using gentle language to evoke a sense of calm and tranquilityby repeating the word “you” to directly relate to the reader

What can be inferred from the following sentence in the passage? then he asked me my name. scarcely had i uttered it when he made a gesture of astonishment. a) the sentence implies that the attendant knows the colonel. b) the sentence implies that the colonel is giving up on life. c) the sentence implies that the attendant is going to get fired. d) the sentence implies that the colonel recognizes the attendant's name.