Read the following passage:
Hey! You! Yes, you - the one reading this book! Come
here! A little closer ... closer... that's better. Let me
whisper in your ear. For I, dear reader, have a secret to tell,
and you are its lucky recipient.
Which sentence best describes the impact of beginning a story this way?

A. The author disorients the reader by promising interesting
information to come.

B. The author creates irony by assuming the reader knows what is
going on

C. The author makes the reader a character by using the first-person
point of view.

D. The author uses short sentences and exclamation marks to set a
comic tone.

What kinds of images does the word "twinkling" suggest? dirt, earth, poverty, race leaves, trees, green, spring stars, dreams, looking upward, heaven darkness, sadness, loneliness, isolation they eat beans mostly, this old yellow pair. dinner is a casual affair. plain chipware on a plain and creaking wood, tin flatware. two who are mostly good. two who have lived their day, but keep on putting on their clothes and putting things away. and remembering, with twinklings and twinges, as they lean over the beans in their rented back room that is full of beads and receipts and dolls and cloths. tobacco crumbs, vases and fringes.

In the story "seventh grade," how do victor's hopes and expectations about teresa at the beginning of the school day compare with his hopes and expectations about teresa at the end of the school day? his hopes and expectations are exactly the same at the end of the day. his hopes and expectations are completely different at the end of the day. his hopes and expectations are strengthened by the end of the day. his hopes and expectations are weakened by the end of the day.

Which inequality is represented by this graph? f(0, 1)