Attemp: 1014 Read the following research paper excerpt and answer the question.
According to Mario Pei, slang is common to English as well as to foreign languages (80). Many words that
were once considered slang are now words of full, legitimate standing in our language. Some of these words
are strenuous, spurious, clumsy, and bogus. Even Shakespeare introduced into current usage such slang
terms of his day as hubbub, fireworks, fretful, (to) bump, and (to) dwindle. Pei estimates that about 90 per cent
of all slang words eventually become permanent (Johns 12).
What is the author's purpose in this research paper excerpt?
to entertain those who read it
to state the purpose of slang
to inform the reader about Pei's research errors
to explain how slang words have changed

Briefly describe your ideas about elisa's connection to both the ranch or garden and the road setting of the story

Those are books that need to be returned to the library what is the antecedent of the pronoun those

Read the excerpt from the war of the worlds, in which the crowd begins to disperse just before the first martian exits the cylinder.when i returned to the common the sun was setting. scattered groups were hurrying from the direction of woking, and one or two persons were returning. the crowd about the pit had increased, and stood out black against the lemon yellow of the sky—a couple of hundred people, perhaps. there were raised voices, and some sort of struggle appeared to be going on about the pit. strange imaginings passed through my mind. as i drew nearer i heard stent's voice: "keep back! keep back! "a boy came running towards me."it's a-movin'," he said to me as he passed; 'a-screwin' and a-screwin' out. i don't like it. i'm a-goin' 'ome, i am."what options accurately depict the impact of the boy's words on pacing within the excerpt? (select all that apply.)the war of the worldsthe setting is in england, so the boy's words provide the reader with the dialect of the area. even though that slows down the plot, the boy's words contain important information.the plot's forward movement is slow at the beginning of the excerpt because there is little action. the boy's words increase the tension and counteract that lag.the narrator is not close enough to see clearly into the pit, so the boy's words provide the narrator with the information he needs, which moves the plot forward.the boy's words serve to speed up the pacing of the plot because, as he is talking to the narrator, he is running past him to get away.the narrator is not close enough to see clearly into the pit, so the boy's words provide the narrator with the information he needs, which moves the plot forward.wrong? the boy's words serve to speed up the pacing of the plot because, as he is talking to the narrator, he is running past him to get away.