How does Chekhov's use of terms such as "titular councilor" and "actual civil councilor" affect the passage? It clarifies the reason why Zhmyhov's coworkers have chosen to give him a special gift.
It helps make the story an accurate portrayl of nineteenth-century Russian government.
It sheds light on the contrast between Zhmyhov's behavior in his office and his behavior with his family.
It reveals the nature of the personal relationship between two characters in the story.

If your job was precarious, would you look for a new one? explain.

In one sentence of approximately 15 to 25 words, write the main idea that thomas paine wants to convert to all the readers of the declaration of independence

Which line in this excerpt from the great gatsby by f. scott fitzgerald contains a simile? about half way between west egg and new york the motor-road hastily joins the railroad and runs beside it for a quarter of a mile, so as to shrink away from a certain desolate area of land. this is a valley of ashes—a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens where ashes take the forms of houses and chimneys and rising smoke and finally, with a transcendent effort, of men who move dimly and already crumbling through the powdery air. occasionally a line of grey cars crawls along an invisible track, gives out a ghastly creak and comes to rest, and immediately the ash-grey men swarm up with leaden spades and stir up an impenetrable cloud which screens their obscure operations from your sight.