Read this passage from william faulkner’s the sound and the fury: i wasn't crying, but i couldn't stop. i wasn't crying, but the ground wasn't still, and then i was crying. the ground kept sloping up and the cows ran up the hill. t. p. tried to get up. he fell down again and the cows ran down the hill. quentin held my arm and we went toward the barn. then the barn wasn't there and we had to wait until it came back. which best describes the tone of this passage? a. matter of fact b. exasperated c. confused d. frustrated

Which sentence in this excerpt from leo tolstoy’s the death of ivan ilyich suggests that ivan ilyich felt his family and friends didn’t understand him and neglected him?

Satire can best be defined as the literary form or technique in which and are used to criticize one's vices.

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here?