What does the imagery in this passage from "The Cactus"
tells us about Trysdale?
"He saw all the garbs of
pretence and egoism that he
had worn now turn to rags of
folly."
A. Allowing the lie to continue ("garbs of
pretense") caused him to lose his love
("rags of folly")
B. The love that he wore like a beautiful
garment was destroyed by his lack of
Interest in his bride.
CThe cactus represents the desert and
bares no fruit

Match each literary device to its definition. pun the use of humor and exaggeration to mock or criticize people's impractical thoughts and practices irony the use of words in a way that conveys the opposite of what they mean paradox the use of a word with more than one possible meaning with the intention of creating humor satire ideas or concepts that seem absurd or contradictory but are nevertheless true arrowboth arrowboth arrowboth arrowboth

Read the excerpt below and answer the question. she was a small woman, short and straight-waisted like a child in her brown cotton gown. her forehead was mild and benevolent between the smooth curves of gray hair; there were meek downward lines about her nose and mouth; but her eyes, fixed upon the old man, looked as if the meekness had been the result of her own will, never of the will of another. in at least one hundred words, explain how this excerpt uses explicit and implicit details to describe sarah penn.

Select all that apply. because the length of his story is limited, short story writers typically: