Answer: The Komodo dragon is a real creature that lives on earth today. In fact, there is an island full of them called Komodo Island.
Answer: to portray Huck’s father as uneducated and ignorant.
In this excerpt, Twain most likely uses humour to highlight the absurdity of the father's sentiment. This is done in order to portray Huck's father as uneducated and ignorant. The father tells Huck that he does not see the importance of school. Moreover, he thinks school is damaging because it will teach Huck to feel superior to his dad, who is unlikely to have attended school.
Entomology is a branch of Zoology, that is the study of animals, and specifically it is the study of insects, so the correct answer is b).
The study of words , their meaning and their history, especially their change over time is "Etymology" - it's a similar word and can cause some confusion
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he tells Mary not to go to court because he is appalled at the type of evidence that was used to convict Osburn
