Answer: paradox
Expiation: It is clearly sand so it is obviously found to be true, which is what makes it a paradox
Telling or explaining something to someone
Streaking across the sky was a pattern of lights, it could be a helicopter or an airplane.
Here are the answers to the given questions above.
1. The possible settings for works of American literary realism would be the following: American West, <span> post-Civil War South and New England. The answers would be options A, B and C.
2. The given passage above is from </span><span>"The White Heron" by Sarah Jewett. This passage is from the literary genre of literary realism. The answer for this would be option A.
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