Read the excerpt below and answer the question. But it would have been worth any statesman’s money to have heard the profound discussions that sometimes took place, when by chance an old newspaper fell into their hands from some passing traveler.

What is ironic about Irving’s description of Rip Van Winkle and his friends in the passage?

The men aren’t really politically knowledgeable.
There were no newspapers during this period.
The men never talked to one another.
The men never talked to travelers.

Read the excerpt from dominique’s personal narrative. tired of waiting for the bus, which was late for the fifth day in a row, i sat leafing through an old magazine i had stuffed in my purse the previous night. it was terribly warm for a september afternoon, and the sun cast fleeting shadows on the bus stop sign with each car that passed. i wondered when the weather would get cooler and when the new bus driver would start arriving on time. it was about then that i first noticed the apparent agitation of the man sitting next to me. finally, the bus arrived and ambled to a gradual stop directly in front of the restless man. the doors widened, and the bus driver greeted the man with his usual banter in his usual monotone. "good afternoon. how are you today? ” when writing the next few lines of dialogue, dominique should be certain that the lines provide clues about what will happen later on in the narrative. contain made-up details that make the story more exciting. include everyday language that seems real and natural. use precise words that make both men sound educated.

Laugh and be merry, remember, better the world with a song,    better the world with a blow in the teeth of a wrong.    laugh, for the time is brief, a thread the length of a span.    laugh and be proud to belong to the old proud pageant of man. (laugh and be merry/john masefield/public domain) which of these is the main idea of the poem?

Someone answer this asap for an office manger uses the function s(x) to determine the number of shirts the company can make when the employees work for a total of x hours. when the employees have worked for a total of 300 hours, they produces 500 shirts. which equation correctly represents the company’s production of shirts? a. s(300) = 500 b. s(300) = 800 c. s(500) = 300 d. s(500) = 800