Read the passage from the importance of being earnest.

lady bracknell. . i think some preliminary inquiry on my part would not be out of place. mr. worthing, is miss cardew at all connected with any of the larger railway stations in london? i merely desire information. until yesterday i had no idea that there were any families or persons whose origin was a terminus.

which excerpt from the passage contains a paradox and a pun?

a. “my part would not be out of place.”
b. “larger railway stations in london.”
c. “i merely desire information.”
d. “whose origin was a terminus.”

In this passage from "The Importance of Being Earnest", by Oscar Wilde, the excerpt that contains a paradox and a pun is option D. "whose origin was a Terminus". A paradox is a statement that contradicts itself. The paradox is between the origin of one person and Terminus, which is the final station of a bus. So the origin being the terminus is a paradox and a pun.

no,

explanation:

because they are likely to use their corrupted thought process to get what they want. not what is better for the another reason they shouldn't is since they abused their rights as a us citizen they should have certain rights stripped away from them as punishment, such as the right to vote. due to the lack of proper behavior exemplified   from their actions , it would be hard for people to trust them because of their criminal record.   either directly (in the case of a referendum or ballot initiative) or indirectly (by choosing lawmakers and law enforcers). in fact, we do have certain minimum, objective standards of responsibility and commitment to our laws that we require people to meet before they are given a role in the solemn enterprise of self-government. people who have committed serious crimes against their fellow citizens don’t meet those standards. and those crimes can include such “non-violent felonies” as, say, treason and espionage, or voter fraud and public corruption, white-collar crime and felonies merely “concerning drugs” — like trafficking in fentanyl-laced heroin and selling it to minors, for example. if you’re not willing to follow the law, then you should not have a role in making the law for everyone else.

the conclusion would be the most affected category scoring