Read the passage. From "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" And [Smiley] had a small little bull-pup, that to look at him you'd think he warn't worth a
cent but to set around and look ornery and lay for a chance to steal something. But as soon as money was up on him he was a different dog; his under-
jaw'd begin to stick out like the [forward part of the upper deck] of a steamboat, and his teeth would uncover and shine like the furnaces,
What is the bolded verbiage an example of?
an incongruity
a hyperbole
a human foible
social commentary

Which statement best explains the motivation for the narrator's mother to introduce her daughter to everyone they meet? from amy tan's "rules of the game."

Outline (1) (2) i. (3) a. (4) 1. (5) 2. 3. choose the best answer from the choices below to match with (3) from the outline above. a. detail b. introduction c. subpoint 1 d. main point 1 select the best answer from the choices provided a b c d

Read the excerpt from ernest hemingway’s “soldier's home.” his father was in the real estate business and always wanted the car to be at his command when he required it to take clients out into the country to show them a piece of farm property. the car always stood outside the first national bank building where his father had an office on the second floor. now, after the war, it was still the same car. nothing was changed in the town except that the young girls had grown up. how does hemingway’s description of the town as unchanged impact the readers’ perception of krebs? it emphasizes that while the town has remained the same, krebs has changed. it illustrates that krebs despises the town he grew up in because it is boring. it demonstrates that krebs views himself as similar to the other soldiers from his town. it reveals that krebs is jealous of those who were able to stay in town and avoid the war.