Read the following excerpt from " Sell a Dog" by Mark Twain: Twenty-four dollars a week would really have been riches to us if we hadn't had to support that jug, because of the jug we were always sailing pretty close to the wind. What is the role of the idiom in this sentence? A. To communicate Twain's disapproval of Swinton's fondness for whiskey B. To explain how the partners' fortunes were dependent on an outside force C. To explain that bad habits are creating a bad financial situation D. To show that Twain was used to living a hand-to-mouth existence

Hamlet act 1 what advice does polonius give his son, laertes?

"and these i address to all females that would be married, or are already so; not that i suppose their sex more faulty than the other, and most to want advice, for i assure [women], upon my honour, i believe the quite contrary; but the reason is, because i esteem them better disposed to receive and practice it, and therefore am willing to begin, where i may promise myself the best success." this statement from franklin's "rules and maxims for promoting matrimonial happiness" best demonstrates his use of criticism to argue his point his use of common sense to appeal to women his use of flattery to gain women's attention his use of facts to prove his point

Read the excerpt from "a modest proposal." the poorer tenants will have something valuable of their own, which by law may be made liable to a distress, and to pay their landlord's rent, their corn and cattle being already seized, and money a thing unknown. which statement effectively uses a quotation to show that swift claims that the poor will also benefit from his proposal? “swift writes that poorer tenants will have something valuable of their own, which by law may be made liable to a distress.” swift writes that poorer tenants will finally have something to pay their landlord’s rent since they have neither money nor trade. swift writes that poorer tenants will have something to trade for rent since “their corn and cattle” have already been seized. swift writes that “poorer tenants will have something valuable of their own” that can “ to pay their landlord’s rent.”