In his introductory note, the narrator (who is Geoffrey Crayon) explains that the manuscript of
"Rip Van Winkle" was written by Diedrich
Knickerbocker, the narrator of Irving's earlier
History of New York. How does Irving use his two
narrators-Geoffrey Crayon and Diedrich
Knickerbocker-to defend the tale's credibility?
How would you describe Irving's tone in these
introductory passages?

Is directly communicated and requires little interpretation

Part b: which phrase from the text best support the answers to part a? a. “i don't want to talk to somebody when i go check in at an airport. i just either download the boarding pass to my phone or walk up to a kiosk and get it.” (paragraph 8) b. “you do not have to go far to find someone who disagrees with andrew mcafee, just around the corner to the office of another person at the same university.” (paragraph 11) c. “the set of things that machines do not do like humans is innumerable.” (paragraph 16) d. “you wonder if you're joining that long litany of voices who go down as having made the incorrect prediction one more time, but i think the facts are different this time.” (paragraph 23)

Saved in marigolds, what do the following lines from the passage mainly reveal about lizabeth? suddenly i was ashamed, and i did not like being ashamed. the child in me sulked and said it was all in fun, but the woman in me flinched at the thought of the malicious attack that i had led.