"well, mas tom," he said finally, "this old raccoon, he run a long time, but they caught him at last." when john said that, his owner, tom, lifted the box and the smaller box. lo and behold, a raccoon jumped out to the ground. how does this excerpt show that the story is a folktale? a. john tells tom a story full of exaggerations. b. john passes his story down through generations. c. john inexplicably knows what is in the box. d. john is dealing with a common, everyday occurrence.

When i was young enough to still spend a long time buttoning my shoes in the morning, i'd listen toward the hall: daddy upstairs was shaving, in the bathroom, and mother downstairs was frying the bacon. they would begin whispering back and forth to each other up and down the stairwell. my father would whistle his phrase, my mother would try to whistle, then hum hers backi drew my buttonhook in and out and listened to it -know it was "the merry widow." the difference was, their song almost floated with laughter. how different from the record, which growled from the beginning, as if the victrola were only slowly being wound up. they kept it running between them, up and down the stairs where i was now just about ready to run clattering down and show them my shoes. what is the effect of the parallelism used in the above excerpt? it establishes the rhythm of a duet to echo the song. it expresses the same ideas. it mirrors opposite ideas. it is a paradox.

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Which word correctly completes the sentence? both tracks are visible in the snow. a. deers' b. deer's c. deers 2.which word correctly completes the sentence? a huge diamond decorated the crown. a. kings' b. king's c. kings 3.which word correctly completes the sentence? at the old library, many of the covers were worn or damaged. a. books' b. books c. book's 4.which word correctly completes the sentence? in the traffic jam, cars moved at a pace. a. turtles' b. turtle's c. turtles plz asap