A problem in this story is that Sonia cannot find Salinger. How is this problem resolved? Sonia opens the thermostat and sets the temperature to 80 degrees.
Sonia stares out the bus window at the grey skies and grey town.
Sonia wishes she could go to the movies or the mall.
Sonia finds Salinger near the pond in her backyard.

Read the following excerpt from life on the mississippi by mark twain. no girl could withstand his charms. he "cut out" every boy in the village. when his boat blew up at last, it diffused a tranquil contentment among us such as we had not known for months. but when he came home the next week, alive, renowned, and appeared in church all battered up and bandaged, a shining hero, stared at and wondered over by everybody, it seemed to us that the partiality of providence for an undeserving reptile had reached a point where it was open to criticism. how does twain's use of understatement serve his purpose? be sure to use specific details from the text to support your answer.

Is the following statement true or false? the topic sentence of a paragraph should indicate what the paragraph is going to be about. false true

In at least one hundred words, describe how bly uses sarcasm in his poetry to evince an emotional reaction from his readers. how is this emotional reaction strengthened by bly’s ironic language and imagery?