Read the excerpt from life on the mississippi. 'i—i—don't know.' 'you—you—don't know? ' mimicking my drawling manner of speech. 'what do you know? ' 'i—i—nothing, for certain.' what is the significance of bixby mocking the narrator's speech? it reflects his low opinion of the narrator's intelligence and social standing. it shows his desire to make others feel inferior. it suggests a deep insecurity within bixby's character. it illustrates bixby's wish that the narrator speak without a drawl.

Using apostrophes, hyphens, dashes, brackets, and parentheses correctly correct each error in the use of apostrophes, hyphens, dashes, brackets, and parentheses in the following sentences. you may need to add, delete, or change marks of punctuation. doesnt this turkey look oh, no, the cat must have gotten up on the counter!

Read this excerpt from white fang by jack london. the qualities in his kind that in the beginning made it possible for them to come in to the fires of men, were qualities capable of development. they were developing in him, and the camp-life, replete with misery as it was, was secretly endearing itself to him all the time. but white fang was unaware of it. he knew only grief for the loss of kiche, hope for her return, and a hungry yearning for the free life that had been his. which quotation from the paragraph supports the story’s theme of homesickness? “the camp life . . was secretly endearing itself to him all the time.” “but white fang was unaware of it.” “he knew only . . a hungry yearning for the free life that had been his.” “the qualities in his kind . . were qualities capable of development.”

Read this excerpt from the lady of shalott by alfred, lord tennyson. in which three lines does the poet reveal the monotomy of the lady’s existence