Read the passage. From "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" And [Smiley] had a small little bull-pup, that to look at him you'd think he warn't worth a
cent but to set around and look ornery and lay for a chance to steal something. But as soon as money was up on him he was a different dog; his under-
jaw'd begin to stick out like the [forward part of the upper deck] of a steamboat, and his teeth would uncover and shine like the furnaces,
What is the bolded verbiage an example of?
an incongruity
a hyperbole
a human foible
social commentary

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answer: the essay describes the experience of the english narrator, possibly orwell himself, called upon to shoot an aggressive elephant while working as a police officer in burma.

explanation:

c is a symbol. when bernice gets her hair cut, it is the authors way of showing the affects and demands of pier pressure and the over-all attitudes of people at the time.

- "there are several movements that doris lessing was associated with. first of all, communism. she pursued her communist beliefs and included them in her writing, and was also a member of several communist book clubs. she is also strongly associated with feminism, her fight for equality and women's rights.

doris lessing is the kind of writer who has followers, not just readers. they have been engaged to her chiefly because of her involvement in major problems, such as politics and woman-ism."