When authors use local color, what are they doing? They use the dialect of the common people.
They focus on characters, customs, and language common to a particular region.
They incorporate historical events from a particular region in their writing.
They write about things that happened out West.

Which line from president reagan’s address sat moscow state university is a fact? a. democracy is the standard by which governments are measured. b. throughout the world, free markets are the model for growth. c. the key is freedom-freedom of thought, freedom of information, freedom of communication. d. every four years the american people choose a new president, and 1988 is one of those years.

Sure, i wish things had turned out differently for me in vietnam. but i know things could have turned out worse, too. so ljust try to be for what i do have and do my best to be independent. i can dress myself and even tie a tie. no more playing guitar, though. if i close my eyes, i can just about hear the music. just strumming my heartstrings is what i'm doing, i suppose. how could the author best resolve this situation to create a feeling of somber regret? a. the narrator describes the difficulty in cooking for himself. b. the narrator decides to sell his guitar and take up a new instrument. c. the narrator points out that he doesn't have to wear a tie too often. d. the narrator mentions a friend who did not live through the war.

Which piece of textual evidence from the short story "civil peace" by chinua achebe can be used to defend the claim thatviolence has not ended despite the end of war?