Question 1:
Humorous passage 1: "It (the umbrella) was made to be carried on the arm like an enormous ornamental bat and to allow one the opportunity to put on British airs as the atmospheric conditions demanded."
Humorous passage 2: "(The umbrella is) An item to be carried in the street, to be used to startle friends and—in the worst of cases—to fend off one’s creditors."
Question 2:
Passage 1 is funny because it compares the umbrella to an ornamental bat, which sounds weird in the first place. Plus, the umbrellas is said to be used by people who want to seem British, which is even more outrageously funny.
Passage 2 is funny because it treats the umbrella as a scary object which can be used even to fend off people you owe money to, which is absurd.
In both passages, the author uses tone and voice in a very witty way: he speaks seriously about absurdity, about unimaginable stuff. It is like an encyclopedia of weird and fun facts. That is what makes it funny: the contrast between a serious tone and larger than life images.
Who or Whom Did You See? Even though you often hear who did you see in everyday conversations, the most grammatically correct answer is whom did you see. Whom refers to the object of the preposition or verb in a sentence.
Answer:
B.
Explanation:
They typically fall between 3 to 5 percent.
Maybe it’s his taxes to pay for the house and for the benefits of his family or maybe an argument with his partner or one of his family members.
Answer:
A clever animal plays a trick on another character
Explanation:
A folktalke is a story that has been told for generations which usually contains elements of the supernatural, animals talking and other themes.
A common event in a folktale is a clever animal playing a trick on another character as is the case with the story of the tortoise.
