I believe the answer is piety.
Answer: Providing commentary, separate from the narrative, which illustrates the wastefulness that occurred during the Great Depression.
In this excerpt, Steinbeck provides commentary on the reality of the Great Depression. This is separate from the narrative, and serves to provide more information on the setting and the plot. The excerpt describes the wastefulness that occurred during this time period. Despite the poverty and hunger that was common at the time, the oranges were sprayed with kerosene so that people were not able to pick them up themselves for free.
Answer:
I would say it's a hyperbole because it's a dramatic exaggeration, they didn't <em>actually</em><em> </em>get split in two.
Answer:c
Explanation: correct on unit test
Discretion
Detriment
Dexterous
Gregarious
Scrupulous
Ostentatious
Vicarious
Optimum
Sensory
Facetious