How does this early description of the setting affect the text? It shows that, like Rip, many of the men in the village
O prefer each other's company over the company of
their families.
It demonstrates the villagers' loyalty to the king of
O England, which explains why the outcome of the
revolution is hard for them to accept.
It explains that outside events have little impact on
O the villagers, which emphasizes how much the
village changes over twenty years.
It sets the stage for conflict later in the story when
O Rip stands up to his wife for embarrassing him by
intruding on a space reserved only for men

How does this early description of the setting affect the text?

It shows that, like Rip, many of the men in the village

O prefer each other's company over the company of

their families.

It demonstrates the villagers' loyalty to the king of

O England, which explains why the outcome of the

revolution is hard for them to accept.

It explains that outside events have little impact on

O the villagers, which emphasizes how much the

village changes over twenty years.

It sets the stage for conflict later in the story when

O Rip stands up to his wife for embarrassing him by

intruding on a space reserved only for men

Explanation:

source text: from the sketch here given it will be seen, that our good grandmothers differed considerably in their ideas of a fine figure, from their scantily dressed descendants of the present day. a fine lady, in those times, waddled under more clothes even on a fair summer's day, than would have clad the whole bevy of a modern ball room. nor were they the less admired by the gentlemen in consequence thereof. on the contrary, the greatness of a lover's passion seemed to increase in proportion to the magnitude of its object—and a voluminous damsel, arrayed in a dozen of petticoats, was declared by a low-dutch sonnetteer of the province, to be radiant as a sunflower, and luxuriant as a full blown cabbage. certain it is, that in those days, the heart of a lover could not contain more than one lady at a time; whereas the heart of a modern gallant has often room enough to accommodate half a dozen - - the reason of which i conclude to be, either that the hearts of the gentlemen have grown larger, or the persons of the ladies smaller — this however is a question for physiologists to determine. add punctuation to the following excerpt. writing under the name of diedrich knickerbocker washington irving aimed his potent satire at as diverse topics as political rivals such as thomas jefferson to the very ideal of looking back on the past affectionately: a fine lady, in those times, waddled under more clothes even on a fair summer's day, than would have clad the whole bevy of a modern ball room. a voluminous damsel, arrayed in a dozen of petticoats, was declared by a low-dutch sonnetteer of the province, to be radiant as a sunflower, and luxuriant as a full blown cabbage. in those days, the heart of a lover could not contain more than one lady at a time; whereas the heart of a modern gallant has often room enough to accommodate half a dozen