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

Read the sentence from last lecture by randy pausch. all right, so what we’re not talking about today, we are not talking about cancer, because i spent a lot of time talking about that and i’m really not interested. pausch tells his audience this because he wants them to know that

Ron and nick chose to start their own businesses. ron wanted to start an ice cream shop, and nick wanted to launch a television manufacturing company. ron and nick had equal amounts of funds on hand and no government regulations restricting them. months later, however, ron has already set up his business, while nick is still struggling to raise additional funds to build a factory. what was the main factor that affected nick’s business? a. an irrelevant business idea b. low demand for tvs in his country c. high start-up costs d. lack of labor economics

What is an octave? the fourteen lines that make up the italian sonnet the first eight lines of an italian sonnet the last six lines of an italian sonnet