Read this excerpt from "Wiley, His Mama, and the Hairy Man" in The People Could Fly
Now, facts are facts. Wiley was a boy. He and his mama lived by themselves with just Wiley's dogs.
What makes this excerpt part of the exposition of the story?
It describes the setting of the story.
It introduces the main character.
It states the main conflict of the story.
It tells about the antagonist of the story.

What type of writing is demonstrated in this excerpt by general philip henry sheridan? at once i set about preparing for the examination which precedes admission to the military academy, studying zealously under the direction of mr. william clark; my old teachers, mcnanly and thorn, having disappeared from somerset and sought new fields of usefulness. the intervening months passed rapidly away, and i fear that i did not make much progress, yet i thought i should be able to pass the preliminary examination. that which was to follow worried me more and gave me many sleepless nights; but these would have been less in number, i fully believe, had it not been for one specification of my, outfit which the circular that accompanied my appointment demanded. this requirement was a pair of "monroe shoes." now, out in ohio, what "monroe shoes" were was a mystery—not a shoemaker in my section having so much as an inkling of the construction of the perplexing things, until finally my eldest brother brought an idea of them from baltimore, when it was found that they were a familiar pattern under another name. a. research essay b. persuasive essay c. biography d. memoir

According to warren in the brown opinion, how did conditions change between the time the fourteenth amendment was adopted and the time the supreme court considered brown v. board of education?

Read the sentence from the war of the worlds. i turned, and as i did so the screw must have come out, for the lid of the cylinder fell upon the gravel with a ringing concussion. which option is the accurate synonym of the word concussion as it is used in the sentence? explosion disruption crash interruption