Find the pair of words that has the same kind of relationship as the numbered pair.

ostentatious : modest : :

a.
vigilant : lazy

b.
reticent : talkative

c.
visionary : blind

d.
ostensible : silent

e.
olfactory : loud

In hard times by charles dickens, mr. gradgrind is the depicted as innovative and ambitious protective and respectful rigid and narrow-minded worldly and clever

Correct the sentence by selecting the proper pronoun usage. they assigned the solo parts to ellen and her themselves. she themselves her theirselves she herself correct as is

Read the following excerpt from life on the mississippi by mark twain. no girl could withstand his charms. he "cut out" every boy in the village. when his boat blew up at last, it diffused a tranquil contentment among us such as we had not known for months. but when he came home the next week, alive, renowned, and appeared in church all battered up and bandaged, a shining hero, stared at and wondered over by everybody, it seemed to us that the partiality of providence for an undeserving reptile had reached a point where it was open to criticism. how does twain's use of understatement serve his purpose? be sure to use specific details from the text to support your answer.