99 points! answer each question with evidence sandwiches: 1. how does chesnutt describe the dialect and appearance of mr. ryder's wife, 'liza jane? what effect does it have on the reader? 2. how does chesnutt describe the dialect and appearance of mr. ryder and the other members of the blue veins? what effect does it have on the reader? 3. juxtaposition is "the placing of two things side by side to heighten similarities and differences" (95). how does chesnutt use juxtaposition with the dialects and appearance of mr. ryder's wife, 'liza jane, and mr. ryder and the other members of the blue veins? how is it (or isn't if you disagree) effective? 4. how is regionalism present in this piece?

Returning from vietnam, we were given a parade. crowds of screaming people waving signs — not just on one road, one day. no, they were everywhere. every day. on the streets, on the television, on the radio. a hot, angry tangle of shaking fists and ugly words that threatened us like a monster with a hundred heads. our country had chewed us up and spit us out, and now we were being treated as if it were our fault. which sentence best uses figurative language to match the paragraph's tone? a. our feet were frozen in place as the street itself strained to hold us back. b. i felt unappreciated and condemned for actions i had thought were heroic. c. i hadn't expected to find myself in a rags-to-riches situation such as this. d. we had come home to a feeding frenzy and were being treated as bait.