One of the smallest states, hawaii has a total area of around 6,459 square miles nearly all of which is accounted for by eight main islands: hawaii, maui, molokai, lanai, oahu, kauai, niihau, and kahoolawe. many of the islands are the exposed peaks and submerged mountains of a chain of lava dome volcanoes. the state's two main active volcanoes, mauna loa and kilauea, both on the island of hawaii, erupt occasionally on a small scale, usually accompanied by minor earthquakes.

which of the following can the reader infer from the passage above?

That rolled gracefully toward the shore

Read this excerpt from through the looking-glass by lewis carroll. "you might make a joke on that,” said the little voice close to her ear: "something about ‘you would if you could,’ you know.” "don't tease so,” said alice, looking about in vain to see where the voice came from; "if you're so anxious to have a joke made, why don't you make one yourself? ” the little voice sighed deeply: it was very unhappy, evidently, and alice would have said something pitying to comfort it, "if it would only sigh like other people! ” she thought. but this was such a wonderfully small sigh, that she wouldn't have heard it at all, if it hadn't come quite close to her ear. the consequence of this was that it tickled her ear very much, and quite took off her thoughts from the unhappiness of the poor little creature. what question should a reader ask to clarify what is happening in the story? who or what is the voice speaking to alice? when will alice attempt to share a joke? what secret will alice share with the new character? why do whispers tickle the listener?

Which sentence in this excerpt from "in another country " by ernest hemingway is an example of irony