Which is more important, what a person thinks or what a person does

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

Read the passage. which statement would be the best summary to give the argument meaningful context? a. the passage is fine the way it is. b.th word "debate" should be removed, because it indicates disagreement. c. the word "claim" should be removed because this is not the claim. d. the sentence that begins " i personally believe" should be removed because it shows bias.

Which sentence contains a punctuation error? a. have you met my great-aunt marie raines? b. my mother wrote three children's books about the family farm. c. my sister's mother in law lives with them, and everyone gets along fine. d. another hurricane is brewing in the mid-atlantic.