What is the tone in the following excerpt from "The Gift of the Magi"?
There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl. So Della did it. Which instigates the moral reflection that life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating.
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Responses
ironic and witty
ironic and witty
joyous and poetic
joyous and poetic
pessimistic and dejected
2 answers
pessimistic and dejected
Which meaning of the vocabulary word patent is used in the following excerpt from "The Gift of the Magi"?
“You’ve cut off your hair?” asked Jim, laboriously, as if he had not arrived at that patent fact yet even after the hardest mental labor.
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Responses
obvious
obvious
bold
bold
original
“You’ve cut off your hair?” asked Jim, laboriously, as if he had not arrived at that patent fact yet even after the hardest mental labor.
(1 point)
Responses
obvious
obvious
bold
bold
original