Which detail from the story “The Gift of the Magi” best supports the inference that Jim and Della are barely making it financially? A: “tomorrow would be Christmas Day, and she had only $1.87 with which to buy Jim a present

B: “Now, when the income was shrunk to $20, though, they were thinking seriously of contracting to a modest and unassuming D.”

C: “A furnished flat at $8 per week. It did not exactly beggar description, but it certainly had that word lookout for the mendicancy squad”

D: “Twenty dollars a week doesn’t go far. Expenses had been greater that she had calculated. They always are”

How does twain’s use of understatement serve his purpose

Which of the following statements from "letter from birmingham jail" does not specifically dr. king to establish credibility with the white clergymen? question 6 options: just as the apostle paul left his village of tarsus and carried the gospel of jesus christ to the far corners of the greco roman world, so am i compelled to carry the gospel of freedom beyond my own town. my dear fellow clergymen: while confined here in the birmingham city jail, i came across your recent statement calling my present activities "unwise and untimely." i have the honor of serving as president of the southern christian leadership conference, an organization operating in every southern state, with headquarters in atlanta, georgia.

What is the effect of the haiku structure on this poem?   how does the line structure describe the subject(s)?   and how does a haiku compare to a rhyming and longer poem in terms of its effect on you as a reader?