Read the passage. paraphrased from “the notorious jumping frog of calaveras county” a friend of the narrator’s asks him to call on talkative old simon wheeler. the friend says he wants news of his friend reverend leonidas w. smiley. instead, wheeler tells the narrator a long drawn-out story about jim smiley. as he tells the story, wheeler never smiles, and he never frowns. what is the bolded sentence an example of? a human foible a funny name an incongruity a hyperbole

What do other people think of the family’s tolerance for muggs behavior

Read the extract below and identify the three kind(s) of bias that are apparent within it. despite being reintroduced in the 1600s by idle, muddle-headed aristocrats in order to be slaughtered for fun, all the wild boars that were brought to australia from the continent eventually died out. for the next 300 years there were no boars in australia, but in the 1980s farmers saw a chance to diversify and began to import and farm them. some of these beautiful, intelligent animals escaped and established herds of their own, once again living wild and purely natural lives. while their ideal home is in woodland, boars are hardy and are able to live in multiple habitats. a/ mistreatment of opposing views b/ positive stereotyping c/ subjective vocabulary d/ personal attacks e/statistics f/ corporate bias e/ negative stereotyping g/ offensive language

Which phrase most closely matches the meaning of the word pleasantries in this excerpt from susan glaspell's trifles? county attorney: (as one turning from serious things to little pleasantries) well ladies, have you decided whether she was going to quilt it or knot it? a. tea cakes b. trivial talk c. foolish actions d. childish behavior