Read the following passage from "the crysanthemums" by john steinbeck.

“it must be nice,” she said. “it must be very nice. i wish women could do such things.”

“it ain’t the right kind of a life for a woman.”

her upper lip raised a little, showing her teeth. “how do you know? how can you tell? ” she said.

“i don’t know, ma’am,” he protested. “of course i don’t know. now here’s your kettles, done. you don’t have to buy no new ones.”

“how much? ”

“oh, fifty cents’ll do. i keep my prices down and my work good. that’s why i have all them satisfied customers up and down the highway.”

elisa brought him a fifty-cent piece from the house and dropped it in his hand. “you might be surprised to have a rival some time. i can sharpen scissors, too. and i can beat the dents out of little pots. i could show you what a woman might do.”

he put his hammer back in the oily box and shoved the little anvil out of sight. “it would be a lonely life for a woman, ma’am, and a scarey life, too, with animals creeping under the wagon all night.” he climbed over the singletree, steadying himself with a hand on the burro’s white rump. he settled himself in the seat, picked up the lines. “ you kindly, ma’am,” he said. “i’ll do like you told me; i’ll go back and catch the salinas road.”

“mind,” she called, “if you’re long in getting there, keep the sand damp.”

“sand, ma’am? . . sand? oh, sure. you mean around the chrysanthemums. sure i will.” he clucked his tongue. the beasts leaned luxuriously into their collars. the mongrel dog took his place between the back wheels. the wagon turned and crawled out the entrance road and back the way it had come, along the river.

elisa stood in front of her wire fence watching the slow progress of the caravan. her shoulders were straight, her head thrown back, her eyes half-closed, so that the scene came vaguely into them. her lips moved silently, forming the words “good-bye—good-bye.” then she whispered, “that’s a bright direction. there’s a glowing there.”

answer the following question:

11. two literary techniques the author uses in the excerpt are and

a. symbolism; irony

b. imagery; dialect

c. hyperbole; mood

d. metaphor; setting

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