People who are always late for a deadline or a dinner engagement place an unacceptable upon others.

a.
imposition

b.
exposition

c.
mediation

d.
proponent

What details of the first two paragraphs convey a sense of the ordinary,behind the scenes routines of film critics?

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here? irony personification metaphor simile

Select the correct answer to which literary movement did ambrose bierce belong? a.romanticism b.realism c.naturalism d.neoclassicism