Which aspect of these lines from "the cop and the anthem" by o. henry contributes most to their humorous style?
a dead leaf fell in soapy's lap. that was jack frost's card. jack is kind to the regular denizens of madison square, and gives fair warning of his annual call. at the corners of four streets he hands his pasteboard to the north wind, footman of the mansion of all outdoors, so that the inhabitants thereof may make ready.
the use of long, unfamiliar words
nonstandard spelling
unusual figures of speech
a change of tense
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English, 21.06.2019 18:20
Sally rises every morning at 6: 30 am. after deep-breathing exercises, she dresses in sweats and sport shoes for a morning jog over the same paths in lakewood park. on average, her jog takes 23 minutes. the rest of her day also follows a formula. dinner is at 6: 30. at 7: 00, she turns on the tv to watch the national news. and so it goes. some say sally is a boring person. sally declares she is not at all boring, just well organized. the paragraph is organized by a. showing cause and effect. b. comparison. c. time. d. importance.
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English, 21.06.2019 21:00
For which cause did swift not write? the tory government the devaluation of irish coins the whig wars under william iii the starvation in ireland
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English, 22.06.2019 05:00
How does douglass contrast his childhood on colonel lloyd’s plantation with this arrival on baltimore at the auld’s?
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Which aspect of these lines from "the cop and the anthem" by o. henry contributes most to their humo...
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