8. Basketball is generally better than tennis. I chose this because the author picked basketball and its best qualities.
9. The boy and the old man are very poor, but they are happy it is referenced in the passage and Patrasche is the dogs name.
10. The old man and boy were never able to make enough food. They were poor and didn't have a big garden to grow an abundance of food.
That's my take on the questions, hope it helps you.
Explanation:
Sophistication is the account of George Willard, and then after his experiences with multiple depressed people before the his expulsion to Winesburg, it demonstrates his frame of consciousness and emotions. A deep awareness about his own fate was bring back to George by the sudden death of an individual.
Answer:
Simile
Explanation: A simile uses like as or than
The influence of Old English in the Mayflower Compact is most easily discernible in grammatical structure. Spelling and punctuation, as well as capitalization is not very different from today's.