Read the excerpt from "poetry." i, too, dislike it: there are things that are important beyond all this fiddle. reading it, however, with a perfect contempt for it, one discovers in it after all, a place for the genuine. based on context, what is the most likely definition for “fiddle”? length noise violin nonsense

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?

Choose the option that includes the main claim in “the american promise”

Swift’s satire that tells of three brothers’ coats is