Read the excerpt below from “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” and answer the question that follows. [A]ll through the interminable narrative there ran a vein of impressive earnestness and sincerity ...
Based on the language style, who can you infer is the speaker in this excerpt?

Jim Smiley
Leonidas W. Smiley
Simon Wheeler
the narrator

Read the corporate document. upon becoming customers of topguide financial group, all clients agree to the following: information provided by employees of topguide financial group is subject to change without notice. any opinions therein are solely those of the author and may not reflect the views of topguide. topguide reserves the right to monitor, retain, and disclose all electronic communications, including email, that pass through its servers and communication systems. which text feature, if added, would best aid the reader’s understanding of this passage? a caption that lists the source of the text a heading that indicates the text’s purpose a graphic that illustrates the information in the text a recipient line that shows the text’s audience

What is an octave? the fourteen lines that make up the italian sonnet the first eight lines of an italian sonnet the last six lines of an italian sonnet

Select the correct answer. who is the featured character in an earth diver story? a. a character who dives into water and brings up a small amount of mud or sand b. a character who travels to the center of earth and lives there c. a character who dives into the ocean and creates a new world underwater d. a character who comes from another world and teaches humans important skills