Which line from "The Railroad Earth" best illustrates the influence of jazz music on Jack Kerouac's style? old faces looking up over rimless spectacles bought in some West Virginia or Florida or Liverpool England
pawnshop long before I was born
o the reading rooms tick tock bigclock with creak chair and slantboards
I hear far off in the sense of coming night that engine calling our mountains
O anyway I'll be learning eventually to like the railroad and Sherman will like me some day

Which sentence in this excerpt from frances hodgson burnett’s a little princess shows indirect characterization? it was just then that miss minchin entered the room. she was very like her house, sara felt: tall and dull, and respectable and ugly. she had large, cold, fishy eyes, and a large, cold, fishy smile. it spread itself into a very large smile when she saw sara and captain crewe. she had heard a great many desirable things of the young soldier from the lady who had recommended her school to him. among other things, she had heard that he was a rich father who was willing to spend a great deal of money on his little daughter. "it will be a great privilege to have charge of such a beautiful and promising child, captain crewe," she said, taking sara's hand and stroking it. "lady meredith has told me of her unusual cleverness. a clever child is a great treasure in an establishment like mine."

Hyperbole in the book messenger by lois lowry

What is the first step in summarizing a plot? restating central ideas and key details eliminating minor or unimportant details connecting ideas with logical transitions identifying important words and phrase