- You were reading the questions right before we went into class.
- I guessed on all the answers! Now I’m just keeping my fingers crossed.
- I only slept for two hours because I set my alarm for six and studied some more.
Explanation:
The conversation given here exemplifies Emily's bad study habits that may affect both, her health and grades viciously. The sentences in the conversation that display Emily's poor study habits as mentioned above. It included that he was reading the question right before they went to class(reflective of her last-moment preparation), her guessing of answers shows the lack of attention towards the study and her sleeping for only two hours portrays the over-looking of health and again reflects her last-moment concern which further illustrates her poor study habits.
The sentence in this conversation between Emily and Anna that indicates Emily's bad habits is when Emily said, "Yeah, but there was too much to study. I guessed on all the answers! Now I'm just keeping my fingers crossed."
Dialogue using the character's own words is one way a writer can show rather than tell readers what a character is like. Dialogue involves summarizing what characters say to help the story move along more quickly.
Twain arranges the story “Life on the Mississippi” in a biographical order.
“Life on the Mississippi” recounts the life of Mark Twain when he was a steamboat operator on the Mississippi River. The memoir also gives us a glimpse of how society lived during that era.
