He use of words such as “fashionable,” “superficial,” “bizarre,” and “sinister” provide a truthful and vivid description of the West Egg and East Egg.
a sense of artificiality in the world the narrator finds himself in.
an idea of mischief that surrounds the narrator and his friends.
a meaningful portrayal of life on the Long Island Sound in the 1920s.

Astudent wants to replace the underlined word to make the meaning more precise. which phrase would be the best replacement for the underlined phrase ?

The poem “richard cory” by edwin arlington robinson explores how the theme of dissatisfaction and the mentality that “the grass is greener on the other side” affects all humans. which two lines in this excerpt reflect those themes?

Choose the best paraphrase of bashes haiku an old silent pond a frog jumps into the pond splash silence again a. the pond was silent until the frog jumped in splashing now alternates with quiet b. a pond will never be silent after one frog jumps into it and starts splashing around c. a frog jumps into a quiet pond there is a splash then all is quiet once more d. there was once an accident body of water that a frog splashed into and died