Read the sentences. Then, use inferences to answer the questions. The curmudgeonly man was not well liked in the neighborhood. He often yelled for no reason at kids who were passing by.

Which word best describes the meaning of curmudgeonly?

Which word is a good synonym for curmudgeonly?

(especially of an old person) bad-tempered and negative.it is the answer of first question

answer of b. is Word hippo - Thesaurus

the choice that is not a technique that you should use to come up with ideas for the topic of a research project is, writing about academic subjects that are not interesting to you. this does not belong to the techniques to come up with ideas because having no interest in a certain topic will lose your drive to come up with better ideas. it gives no room for improvement and acquiring of new ideas and information. 

explanation:

irving effectively uses emotional responses to create suspense in the story.irving’s tone creates expectations for the reader, which in turn create suspense.irving’s suspense would have been more effective with more vivid details.irving’s story is not suspenseful