Read the sentence. Our new doghouse is so fancy, even Smokey himself will not step inside! Why does the author use the word "himself" after Smokey? to change the meaning of the sentence to give emphasis to the meaning of the sentence to give humor to the meaning of the sentence to change the way the sentence is read

To give emphasis to the meaning of the sentence.

Explanation:

In this exercise, you have to select the correct answer for the question. In this case, the word "himself" is used to emphasize that even the dog it's not going to use his doghouse because of how fancy it is. It's not strictly for humor , but it's a good example to emphasize the characteristic of the doghouse.

go to the home screen and it says what do you need to know? then type the

the present continuous is a verb tense which is mainly used to indicates that an action is in progress at the moment of speaking.  

it is formed using: person + verb to be (am/is/are) +verb + - ing form  

example: i am studying at this moment .

in addition, the present continuous is also used in order to express things that will or will not happen in the near future.

example: i am having dinner with some friends tonight.

the speaker sometimes   uses it   to express that an action is repeated and it causes irritation on the part of the speaker

example: my sister is constantly complaining about everything.