Ionly preach of avarice and the like, and in this way induce them to be free in giving cash—especially to me. because my only interest is in gain; i’ve none whatever in rebuking sin. no, none! when they are pushing up the daisies, their souls, for all i care, can go to blazes. –the canterbury tales, geoffrey chaucer how is the pardoner characterized in this passage?

Read the following excerpt from life on the mississippi by mark twain. no girl could withstand his charms. he "cut out" every boy in the village. when his boat blew up at last, it diffused a tranquil contentment among us such as we had not known for months. but when he came home the next week, alive, renowned, and appeared in church all battered up and bandaged, a shining hero, stared at and wondered over by everybody, it seemed to us that the partiality of providence for an undeserving reptile had reached a point where it was open to criticism. how does twain's use of understatement serve his purpose? be sure to use specific details from the text to support your answer.

What is the narrators main conflict in this passage

Which sentence does not contain an intensive pronoun? a) i guess i will just take out the trash myself. b) while treating herself to lunch, angie ran into an old friend. c) tony himself made dinner last night even though he hates to cook. d) lisa wondered if she herself was the one who left the oven on all day.