Allisa had been anticipating the chess match all week. she felt highly prepared, and she had been studying new moves and strategies. many people feared her opponent, lex walden, but she had also been studying his game, and she had figured out his main weakness. lex would never know what hit him.

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.

How did torrance show louie he was forgiven

Who are the queens with morgan le fay? what is significant about one of them