Are you generally positive? How many negative thoughts do you have a day? Do they seem to shadow everything you do? Describe in detail how negative you perceive your thoughts to be and how many negative habits you engage in. Include in your response how effective or ineffective your current method of managing this negativity is.

Which of the following excerpt from part one of trifles suggest that mrs.hale believes mrs.wright may have had a motive for killing her husband?

Who said this in of pride & prejudice, and what type of irony does it show? “you mistake me, my dear. i have a high respect for your nerves. they are my old friends. i have heard you mention them with consideration these twenty years at least.” a.mrs. bennet: situational irony b.mr. bingley: dramatic irony c.elizabeth: proverbial irony d.mr. bennet: verbal irony

Read the excerpt from “strychnine in the soup,” in which mr. mulliner explains the ending of a mystery novel to a bar patron who is anxious to know the conclusion of the story. “the plumber forgot his snake and had to go back for it,” explained mr. mulliner. ‘‘i trust that this revelation will prove sedative.” “i feel a new man,” said the draught stout. “i’d have lain awake worrying about that murder all night.” explain how a student who did not know the meaning of sedative could infer its definition?