Answer: C) “I’m a person who couldn’t ride a public bus when she first arrived, and now I’m someone who watches tractor pulls on obscure cable channels.”
Explanation:
When using satire for humour, one uses ironies, reversals, exaggeration and ridicule in such a way that the situation is funny in its unexpectedness.
In this excerpt, the woman could not do such a simple American thing as riding a public bus but she is now so in tune with American culture that she watches tractor pulls on obscure cable channels.
This reversal in situation shows satire as when she first came to the US, she would not have expected to be doing such things as watching tractor pulls in the future.
Answer:
yes
Explanation:
for me, all social media platforms has affected me because I am always on my phone and it is not good for me. i should go out and socialize but I dont want to nor I cant(b/c of pandemic).
but, soical media has also have helped me in ways to get more info that I thought that I couldn't get info on.
Allusions can provide deeper meaning in a literary work.
