Read the excerpt from The People Could Fly

Bruh Alligator think to heself, What this here? I never seen such animals before. But it's vittles! Food! And he grabs one, two of the beagles and pulls them under the water. The other hound swum out of there, took he feet in he hands, and ripped on home.

Based on the clues in the excerpt, the word ripped most likely means

“jumped over.”
“ran quickly.”
“sat quietly.”
“crawled under.”

How does twain’s use of understatement serve his purpose

You have 24 hours to sleep, eat, work, and do all your personal tasks. which is the most effective way to do more in your day? a. eat less b. sleep less c. work more d. take more breaks

Now pick a section from chapter 1 of the call of the wild in which buck is interacting with another character. imagine that section narrated in first person point of view from one of the character's perspective, and rewrite it in the space below, attempting to use a similar writing style as the original author. then, in a second paragraph, consider this: are you able to explore some of the same ideas and themes when viewing the situation from the character's first person point of view, as compared to when it is narrated from london's third-person limited point of view? explain. your response should be be about 150 words in total.