"She said she could play the piano"
Indirect speech isn't quoting the character's exact words but instead reporting what they/she/he said- It is also sometimes called reported speech
reported speech
[reported speech]
a speaker's words reported in subordinate clauses governed by a reporting verb, with the required changes of person and tense (e.g. he said that he would go, based on I will go).Also called indirect speech. Contrasted with direct speech.
Answer:
The readers as well as Miss Caroline hadn't been introduced properly to the Cunninghams before the school scene in Chapter 2. So, they are all unfamiliar about the Cunninghams' sense of pride.
Harper Lee used the character of Miss Caroline to introduce the Cunningham family to the readers and also to clearly understand the situation about this family.
Explanation:
In Harper Lee's "To Kill A Mockingbird", the character of the Cunninghams were not introduced until Chapter 2. There, Walter Cunningham is seen going to school without bringing lunch. When Miss Caroline offered to buy him lunch, Scott sad that they are "the Cunninghams" as if that will make Miss Caroline understand anything. But quite contrarily, she has no idea what the connotation means. That's when Scott began to explain to her about the Cunninghams - "<em>never took anything they can’t pay back—no church baskets and no scrip stamps. They never took anything off of anybody, they get along on what they have. They don’t have much, but they get along on it</em>". This clearly sums up and also give a detailed summation of the family.
The author Harper Lee used the character of Miss Caroline in introducing the Cunningham pride and also giving us the chance to know more about them. It enables us to know better about the Cunninghams as a family unit.
The teacher tells him that his back caught on fire and that the jacket he was wearing, which Dally lent him, saved his life. He says that Dally was burned but will probably be fine. Johnny, however, is in very bad shape—he was struck by a piece of burning timber as it fell, and may have broken his back.
write a rebuttal that is respectful yet efficiently proves why the counterclaim is irrelevant
It certainly is. Routine at work can lead to monotony, when we constantly repeat already well-learned actions. Routine can make us somehow sure, but not too much. Security arising from routine over time becomes a cause of lack of motivation, and therefore a loss of sharpness. Sometimes we think it's better not to face new challenges, as this could lead to mistakes that can cost us at work. It is desirable to try new things, not only when it is ordered from higher instances, but also on our own initiative, because this promotes our creativity, we become more motivated, happier, and most importantly, more productive, which goes directly to our advantage. This makes us more mobile and, of course, sharper, which is much closer to human nature, which wants to explore. Let us make mistakes, but they are an integral part of our sharpness.