Select the correct text in the passage. which line in this excerpt from the still alarm by george s. kaufman demonstrates the use of understatement? ed (crosses up to r. window—peering out): it's reached the floor right underneath. bellboy: yes, sir. 1) the lower part of the hotel is about gone, sir. bob (still looking out—looks up): still all right up above, though. (turns to boy) 2)have they notified the fire department? bellboy: 3) i wouldn't know, sir. i'm only the bellboy. bob: well, that's the thing to do, obviously—(nods head to each one as if the previous line was a bright idea)—notify the fire department. just call them up, give them the name of the hotel— ed: wait a minute. 4) i can do better than that for you. (to the boy) ring through to the chief, and tell him that ed jamison told you to telephone him. (to bob) 5) we went to school together, you know.

Which characteristic is common to memoirs? a. they analyze all sides of a particular issue. b. they give the entire life story of an author. c. they may include fictional characters. d. they are written in first-person point of view.

Sloan manufacturing company is changing insurance carriers. this change will be effective january 1st. at that time, all employees will be asked to complete an eligibility form. this form will be available in the human resources department after december 15th. prior to that date, however, we will not have access to it. this upcoming change is very positive, and we are happy for the opportunity to provide insurance coverage to our employees. select the best answer the phrase "this upcoming change" refers to: a change in insurance benefits a change in insurance eligibility a change in employee benefits a change of insurance carriers

In which part of this excerpt from the gettysburg address does president abraham lincoln argue that the outcome of the war will depend on the determination and loyalty of northern citizens? four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. we are met on a great battle-field of that war. we have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. it is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. but, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate—we can not consecrate—we can not hallow— this ground. the brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. the world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. it is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. it is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us— that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under god, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.