Answer:
The answer might be D or A. But it is more likely to be D.
Father and son were at chess, the former, who possessed ideas about the game involving radical changes, putting his king into such sharp and unnecessary perils that it even provoked comment from the white-haired old lady knitting placidly by the fire.
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“Never mind, dear,” said his wife soothingly; “perhaps you’ll win the next one.”
What do the following lines mainly reveal about Mrs. White?
She is typically a busy-body and does not have time for her family.
She is elderly and needs her husband and son to care for her often.
She is typically more reserved and passive than her husband.
She cares about etiquette and properness more than Mr. White.
Answer:
She is typically more reserved and passive than her husband.
Explanation:
According to the excerpt, Mr. White is playing a game of chess with his son and believes in playing a radical game by putting the King in danger and he played so radically that he even got a comment from the woman that was knitting by the fire.
Mrs. White's response to her husband which was to encourage him that he would win next time shows that she is more reserved and passive than her husband.
Answer:
Negative statements are the opposite of affirmative statements. In English, one way to make negative statements is by adding negative prefixes to nouns, adjectives, and verbs. Here are some English negative prefixes: a–, dis–, il–, im–, in-, ir–, non–, un–.
Answer:
The verbal irony affects the reader by showing how someone can be two-faced.
Explanation:
Annie had "Prayed to the angles, To keep me from harm-" when her real intentions were to "fancy me dead-". The verbal irony is situational because we didn't expect Annie to actually hate the narrator.
