"That's not what I'm talking about! he said, "I'm talking about a fig straight from the earth – gift of Allah! -- on a branch so heavy it touches the ground. I'm talking about picking the largest, fattest, sweetest fig in the world and putting it in my mouth." How does the dialogue in lines 15-21 help the reader understand the father?

A. It shows the father has a tendency to exaggerate.

B. It reveals the father’s strict obedience to religious practices.

C. It clarifies the father’s vision for the perfect fig from his memories.

D. It suggests the father leaves things up to chance rather than taking action.

Read the excerpt from the dark game: true spy stories from invisible ink to cia moles. yet, by the time robert e. lee surrendered to ulysses grant at appomattox, virginia, some four years later, about 620,000 soldiers had died on the battlefields, more than american battle deaths in all other wars from the revolution through the vietnam war. what is the author’s primary purpose for including this detail? to inform readers about the differences between three military conflicts to persuade readers of the seriousness of the american civil war to entertain readers with tales from behind the lines of battle to encourage readers to visit battlegrounds in appomattox, virginia

Ineed . i need to write a story with this words. vapid, reverie, chastity, petty, invariably, posterity, axiom, pugnacious, bourgeoisie, knell

In the revolution 2.0 note the wording of the protest guidelines.what word choices create a tone of reason and control? how might this tone affect the readers