Read this sentence from "the cask of amontillado" by edgar allan poe:

in painting and gemmary, fortunato, like his countrymen, was a quack, but in the matter of old wines he was sincere.

what does the word quack likely mean?

What is abbey's fallacy in this argument? a. he uses unrelated facts to support his argument. b. he presents his opponent's view in a weaker manner. c. he suggests that everyone in the world agrees with his views. d. he insults his opponent to distract from the real argument.

Read the excerpt below and answer the question.she dwelt among the untrodden waysbeside the springs of dove,a maid whom there were none to praiseand very few to love: a violet by a mossy stonehalf hidden from the eye! fair as a star, when only oneis shining in the sky.she lived unknown, and few could knowwhen lucy ceased to be; but she is in her grave, and, oh,the difference to me! (wordsworth, "she dwelt among the untrodden ways")which option best explains how the choice of the word oh in the final stanza contributes to the poem's meaning? it was selected to create a regular end rhyme.it was selected to establish assonance in the line.it was selected to maintain the line's iambic structure.it was selected to stress the poet's sense of loss.

In concrete mixers what seems to be the speakers feeling about the concrete mixers