Select the correct answer. after doing a close reading, why should you analyze the figurative language in a text? a. to reveal the author's background b. to reveal hidden meanings c. to understand characterization d. to understand the setting e. to understand the tone

Read the following excerpt from life on the mississippi by mark twain. no girl could withstand his charms. he "cut out" every boy in the village. when his boat blew up at last, it diffused a tranquil contentment among us such as we had not known for months. but when he came home the next week, alive, renowned, and appeared in church all battered up and bandaged, a shining hero, stared at and wondered over by everybody, it seemed to us that the partiality of providence for an undeserving reptile had reached a point where it was open to criticism. how does twain's use of understatement serve his purpose? be sure to use specific details from the text to support your answer.

Which sentence you is an example of chronological structure in “the city without us”?

Look up "racial violence in the early 1960's" and write information about it and find 3 sources about it