Which excerpt from o’connor’s “good country people” contains an example of irony?
a. joy was her daughter, a blonde girl who had an artificial leg. mrs. hopewell thought of her as a child though she was thirty-two years old and highly educated.
b. [w]hen she and the girl happened to be out of the house together, she would say something and add the name hulga to the end of it, and the big spectacled joy-hulga would scowl and redden as if her privacy had been intruded upon. she considered the name her personal affair. c. nothing is perfect. this was one of mrs. hopewell’s favorite sayings. another was: that is life! and still another, the most important, was: well, other people have their opinions too.
d. mrs. hopewell liked to tell people . . how she had happened to hire the freemans in the first place and how they were a godsend to her and how she had had them four years.

Which of the following does not apply to an informative text? select all that apply. persuasive techniques supporting evidence opinions narrative text

Frequently the subject of blues songs has to do with some challenge or problem faced by the writer. everyone faces personal challenges. sometimes music us deal with these problems. do you know of times when music has you or people that you know cope with difficult situations? think about your life experiences and challenges or the experiences of someone you know. then write your own twelve-bar blues song that describes one such experience that you or another person has had. your blues song should have three verses. you may write a fourth verse for extra credit. each verse you write should have three phases and should be written in call-and-response form. the first two phases of each verse should describe the experience, challenge, or problem and should act as your “call” phrases. the third phrase should describe the solution to your challenge or problem, or the next step in your story, and should act as your “response” phrase. review “sneaker blues” to see an example of a call-and-response song with three verses. “sneaker blues” my sneakers got a hole and my feet are killing me; my sneakers got a hole and my feet are killing me; i’m gonna get my sneakers fixed just you wait and see. the man said twenty dollars; you have got to be kidding me; the man said twenty dollars; you have got to be kidding me; twenty dollars is what he said, i might have to let them be. the hole in my sneakers is getting bigger every day; the hole in my sneakers is getting bigger every day; twenty dollars is what he said, that’s what i’ll have to pay. write your song title and verses as the answers to the questions. after you have written your song, try putting it to music using one of the online music samples. original twelve-bar blues song (2 points) score 1. title(6 points) score 2. verse 1line 1: line 2: line 3: (6 points) score 3. verse 2 line 1: line 2: line 3: (6 points) score 4. verse 3 line 1: line 2: line 3:

Lines 47–56: determine the central idea of these lines