The right answer for the question that is being asked and shown above is that: "to convince the reader that Huck’s father has the ability to be funny." Twain’s most likely intention for employing humor within this quotation is to convince the reader that Huck’s father has the ability to be funny<span>
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long-term goal: An objective that you want to achieve with many steps
short-term goal: an objective that you can achieve in a short amount of time with little steps
The correct answer would be TRUE. The given sentence above only uses a participle and not a participial phrase. A participle is a word that ends in either -ing (present participle) or -ed (past participle). The participle in this sentence is the word "enjoying". A participial phrase also contains a present participle and past participle but it functions as an adjective only.
