Besides amusement, what are other benefits of parody news programs? (Select all correct answers.) a) They can encourage viewers to focus on the joyful parts of life.
b) They can help viewers feel a sense of belonging by mocking others.
c) They can provide certain viewers with valuable news information.
d) They can offer meaningful social criticism through the use of satire.

Read the excerpt from "a pair of silk stockings." but she went on feeling the soft, sheeny luxurious things—with both hands now, holding them up to see them glisten, and to feel them glide serpent-like through her fingers. which best describes the underlying tone of the excerpt created by the connotations of the words “soft,” ”luxurious,” “glisten,” and “serpent-like”? 1. gloom 2. temptation 3. forgiveness 4. suspicion