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madame valmondé bent her portly figure over dé...
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Read the excerpt below and answer the question.
madame valmondé bent her portly figure over désirée and kissed her, holding her an instant tenderly in
her arms. then she turned to the child.
“this is not the baby! " she exclaimed, in startled tones. french was the language spoken at valmondé in
those days.
"i knew you would be astonished," laughed désirée, "at the way he has grown. the little cochon de lait!
look at his legs, mamma, and his hands and fingernails,-real finger-nails. zandrine had to cut them this
morning. isn't it true, zandrine? "
the woman bowed her turbaned head majestically, "mais si, madame."
"and the way he cries," went on désirée, "is deafening. armand heard him the other day as far away as la
blanche's cabin."
madame valmondé had never removed her eyes from the child. she lifted it and walked with it over to the
window that was lightest. she scanned the baby narrowly, then looked as searchingly at zandrine, whose
face was turned to gaze across the fields.
the conversation between madame valmondé and désirée gives an example of _
_ select all that apply.
o burlesque humor
foreshadowing
historical context
situational irony
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