The author is making use of colloquial speech when she
a. develops the plot through the use of character monologues.
b. establishes the setting in the same locale she was born in.
c. composes dialogue that imitates casually spoken language.
d. describes the difficult relationship between her characters through speech.

What does pip gain on his 21st birthday instead of knowledge of his benefactor

Which statement best summarizes this excerpt from leo tolstoy's the death of ivan ilyich? and in imagination he began to recall the best moments of his pleasant life. but strange to say none of those best moments of his pleasant life now seemed at all what they had then seemed—none of them except the first recollections of childhood. there, in childhood, there had been something really pleasant with which it would be possible to live if it could return. but the child who had experienced that happiness existed no longer, it was like a reminiscence of somebody else.

Which sentence does not contain an intensive pronoun? a) i guess i will just take out the trash myself. b) while treating herself to lunch, angie ran into an old friend. c) tony himself made dinner last night even though he hates to cook. d) lisa wondered if she herself was the one who left the oven on all day.