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Arturiano [62]
3 years ago
5

In the first paragraph, when the author refers to Poker Flat as "a settlement unused to Sabbath influences." what is the reader

meant to infer?
A) The reader is meant to infer that the town is generally full of immoral activity.
B) The reader is meant to infer that the people of the town generally don't attend church.
C) The reader is meant to infer that the town holds to a different faith than Christianity.
D) The reader is meant to infer that the people of the town observe the Sabbath in word but not in deed.
English
1 answer:
Paladinen [302]3 years ago
5 0

The correct answer is (A).

One of the main resources the author uses to picture the scenery is humor,expressed as a hyperbole,exaggerating or understating something the reader knows is depicted from reality,in this case the obvious immorality of the local community shown as virtuous and distant from crime and evil practices.

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