What tone does this passage convey? Emma raced home and called Yolanda. She wanted to let her know that she made the regional finals in track. Emma picked up the phone and started dialing. When she placed the phone to her ear, she heard Yolanda laughing. Yolanda said,” I was just calling to see if you made it!”

In ralph ellison’s “the black ball” the narrator of the story stretches the truth or lies several times what do you think it is his motivation for being so untruthful

When lawrence saw the posters for the circus hanging on the bulletin board, as he swept up the trimmings at slim's barbershop, he knew he would be taking his little cousins. they loved animals, and he was looking forward to seeing the smiles on their faces as the circus performers amazed them with their stunts. but sweeping up hair clippings didn't pay a whole lot. lawrence spent 45 dollars just getting tickets. but it was worth it to see his cousins' faces. the day finally came and everyone was excited as they walked into that big circus tent. but lawrence soon realized that he and his cousins would be thirsty and hungry. as they sat in their seats, the drink vendor walked by selling beverages. desperately thirsty, lawrence asked him how much a lemonade would cost, and the drink vendor said, "eleven dollars each." lawrence replied, "oh, that's it? just eleven dollars? what a great deal for one cup of lemonade. that's totally worth it." the drink vendor walked away. which type of irony is used?

In 3 sentences explain how ambrose bierce's use of foreshadowing or flashback influences "an occurence at owl creek bridge "