Read a newspaper. as you read that newspaper, pay attention to the way it is written. look for examples of slang, informal language, and coined words (the comics section, headlines, and humorous columns are good places to record at least five examples you find, define them in general english, and label them according to type. i need in understanding what this means. can anyone ? it's for an english assignment

They are basically asking you to find anything that is not proper English. For example slang, words that are not originally english words but were twisted misinterpreted by people e.g. "this is lit". Also informal language is anything that is grammaticality incorrect or misspelled or even used as a different meaning from what its supposed to mean. So basically just find words and phrases that doesn't support the English language. hope this helps

The answer is "he was bad enough in all conscience, but the devil himself could not temp him to turn slave-trader. satirical is a synonym for sarcastic. so when the author says that tom walker could not be tempted by the devil he does not literally mean "the devil" but he means that he is too morally upright to become a slave-trader.