Read the excerpt from “first generation” of dreaming in cuban. he stops at the ocean’s edge, smiles almost shyly, as if he fears disturbing her, and stretches out a colossal hand. his blue eyes are like lasers in the night. the beams bounce off his fingernails, five hard blue shields. they scan the beach, illuminating shells and sleeping gulls, then focus on her. the porch turns blue, ultraviolet. her hands, too, are blue. celia squints through the light, which dulls her eyesight and blurs the palms on the shore. which of the following is an example of a hyperbole? “smiles almost shyly, as if he fears disturbing her” “and stretches out a colossal hand” “his blue eyes are like lasers in the night.” “the porch turns blue, ultraviolet.”

13 points : ) which two aspects of scrooge's character does this excerpt from a christmas carol by charles dickens reveal? "i wish to be left alone," said scrooge. "since you ask me what i wish, gentlemen, that is my answer. i don’t make merry myself at christmas and i can't afford to make idle people merry. i to support the establishments i have mentioned—they cost enough; and those who are badly off must go there." "many can’t go there; and many would rather die." "if they would rather die," said scrooge, "they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population. besides—excuse me—i don't know that." "but you might know it," observed the gentleman. his stingy attitude and conduct his distrust of government institutions his indifference to others' suffering his support for the community

What information can you find in the interview that you cannot find in the informational piece?

The denouement comes at the beginning of a story a. true b. false