What story element does the author develop in this
excerpt?
Read this excerpt from "The All-American Slurp."
I pulled the strings out of my stalk. Z-z-zip, z-z-zip. My
brother followed suit. Z-z-Zip, z-z-zip. To my left, my
parents were taking care of their own stalks. Z-z-zip. Z-2-
zip, Z-Z-zip
O plot details about the party
characterization of the Lins
characterization of the Gleasons
O setting details about the Gleasons' house
Suddenly I realized that there was dead silence except for
our Zipping. Looking up, I saw that the eyes of everyone in
the room were on our family. Mr. and Mrs. Gleason, their
daughter Meg, who was my friend, and their neighbors the
Badels they were all staring at us as we busily pulled the
strings of our celery
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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

It was fifteen minutes before i could work myself up to go and humble myself to a ; but i done it, and i warn’t ever sorry for it afterwards, neither. i didn’t do him no more mean tricks, and i wouldn’t done that one if i’d a knowed it would make him feel that way. in at least one hundred words, describe what central theme in the adventures of huckleberry finn emerges in this excerpt, and how its emergence relates to the social norms of the time.

If you broke your neighbors window, it would be nice to write an apology letter. which word might you use to express that you feel very sorry for the accident?