Which quotation from matilda by roald dahl shows miss honey's commitment to teaching? "i myself," miss honey went on, "want to you to learn as much as possible while you are in this class. that is because i know it will make things easier for you later on." "what about something much harder, like two times four hundred and eighty-seven? could you tell me that? " "but of course multiplying by two is a lot easier than some of the bigger numbers. what about the other multiplication tables? do you know any of those? " "don't worry, lavender, you'll soon catch up," miss honey said, lying through her teeth.

What type of writing is demonstrated in this excerpt by general philip henry sheridan? at once i set about preparing for the examination which precedes admission to the military academy, studying zealously under the direction of mr. william clark; my old teachers, mcnanly and thorn, having disappeared from somerset and sought new fields of usefulness. the intervening months passed rapidly away, and i fear that i did not make much progress, yet i thought i should be able to pass the preliminary examination. that which was to follow worried me more and gave me many sleepless nights; but these would have been less in number, i fully believe, had it not been for one specification of my, outfit which the circular that accompanied my appointment demanded. this requirement was a pair of "monroe shoes." now, out in ohio, what "monroe shoes" were was a mystery—not a shoemaker in my section having so much as an inkling of the construction of the perplexing things, until finally my eldest brother brought an idea of them from baltimore, when it was found that they were a familiar pattern under another name. a. research essay b. persuasive essay c. biography d. memoir