Read the excerpt from flannery o’connor’s “the life you save may be your own.” he was more depressed than ever as he drove on by himself. the late afternoon had grown hot and sultry and the country had flattened out. which best describes the irony in the excerpt? a) the heat of the day is indicative of mr. shiftlet’s negative feelings of his life and situation. b ) mr. shiftlet would have preferred to travel with his new wife, lucynell, but she has left him at the diner. c ) the young boy rejected mr. shiftlet’s offer to give him a ride, and now the man finds himself alone. d ) mr. shiftlet has the car he wanted and managed to rid himself of his wife, but he still is not happy.

Drag each label to the correct location. in "sinners in the hands of an angry god," jonathan edwards compares a number of different items to either nonbelievers or to the wrath of god. match each item to one of these categories. chaff rough wind spider falling rock bow storm

In the excerpt from the emancipation proclamation, which phrase or sentence supports the claim that president lincoln did not want the slaves to take up arms against their former masters?

Which lines in this excerpt from act ii of william shakespeare’s romeo and juliet reveal that mercutio thinks romeo would be better off if he stopped thinking about love? mercutio: i will bite thee by the ear for that jest. romeo: nay, good goose, bite not. mercutio: thy wit is a very bitter sweeting it is a most sharp sauce. romeo: and is it not well served in to a sweet goose? mercutio: o here's a wit of cheveril, that stretches from an inch narrow to an ell broad! romeo: i stretch it out for that word 'broad; ' which added to the goose, proves thee far and wide a broad goose. mercutio: why, is not this better now than groaning for love? now art thou sociable, now art thou romeo; now art thou what thou art, by art as well as by nature: for this drivelling love is like a great natural, that runs lolling up and down to hide his bauble in a hole. benvolio: stop there, stop there. mercutio: thou desirest me to stop in my tale against the hair. benvolio: thou wouldst else have made thy tale large. mercutio: o, thou art deceived; i would have made it short: for i was come to the whole depth of my tale; and meant, indeed, to occupy the argument no longer.