Read the excerpt from "the revolt of mother." “look here, father, i want to know what the men are diggin’ over in the field for, an’ i’m goin’ to know.” “i wish you’d go into the house, mother, an’ tend to your own affairs,” the old man said then. he ran his words together, and his speech was almost as inarticulate as a growl. which best describes how the use of dialogue reflects the author’s style? it is exaggerated and cartoonish. it is layered with complex underlying meanings. it is authentic to the characters and setting of the story. it modernizes the characters and setting of the story.

Read the following excerpt from "the city without us" by alan weisman: almost every other compound in nature contracts when frozen, but h20 (water) molecules do the opposite, organizing themselves into elegant hexagonal crystals that take up about 9 percent more space than they did when sloshing around in a liquid state. pretty six-sided crystals suggest snowflakes so gossamer it's hard to conceive of them pushing apart slabs of sidewalk. which statement best describes the effect of the metaphor on the excerpt's meaning? o a. it likens h2o molecules to hexagonal crystals, which are actually larger than people imagine. o b. it makes the frozen crystals seem like friends to the city to contrast with what a deceitful foe they are. o c. it compares the sloshing liquid to a river of water able to push apart the sidewalk o d. it compares the frozen crystals to delicately lacy snowflakes having an unexpected strength (apex)