Select the correct text in the passage. Which sentence uses humor in the excerpt?
Interview with President Lincoln
by Charles Farrar Browne (excerpt)

"Mr. Linkin, who do you spect I air?" sed I.
"A orfice-seeker, to be sure," sed he.
"Wall, sir," sed I, "you's never more mistaken in your life. You hain't gut a orfiss I'd take under no circumstances. I'm A. Ward. Wax figgers is my perfeshun. I'm the father of Twins, and they look like me--BOTH OF THEM. I come to pay a friendly visit to the President eleck of the United States. If so be you wants to see me, say so,--if not, say so I'm orf like a jug handle."
"Mr. Ward, sit down. I am glad to see you, Sir."

How should janet respond to her mother's criticism in the following scenario? janet got a c in science on her report card. her mother is not happy about this and wants janet to study harder and bring her grade up. janet was studying hard, but she didn't understand the concepts very well, and her science teacher is also the football coach and didn't have much extra time to her. janet should 1.agree to study harder and just keep trying to do her best 2.say nothing 3.argue that it wasn't her fault and say that the teacher was too busy to her 4.explain that she didn't understand the concepts and tell her mother about her teacher's time constraints

What is a self-evaluation for speech?

Padma has written a paper on the effects of the black death, a plague that struck europe in 1347 and killed millions of people. she focused on three major results of the plague: • a smaller population after the plague led to higher wages and greater independence for workers. • the power of the catholic church weakened because so many members had died and others had lost their faith. • a lack of farm workers led more people to raise livestock rather than planting crops, changing the european diet. read her conclusion: it does not seem right to say that an experience as horrifying as the black death had any “good” sides. still, the changes that followed the plague improved the lives of peasants. people who had previously lived in poverty, forced to work for a single employer, now had higher wages and the freedom to change jobs. even so, the continent had been devastated and would take many years to recover. which statement best evaluates her conclusion? a. the conclusion effectively summarizes all the writer’s main points. b. the conclusion is engaging, but it introduces an unnecessary new idea. c. the conclusion is engaging, but only summarizes one of the writer’s points. d. the conclusion is engaging but it does not summarize any of the writer’s main points.