“We are a proud family. Look at that mansion. It has fifty rooms. See the pillars and porches and balconies. The ceilings in the reception-rooms and the ball-room are twenty-eight feet high.”
(a) Who is the speaker here?
(b) Which word in the extract is an antonym of ‘humble’?
© What does the above description of the house show about the speaker?
(a) Jessie is the speaker of these lines.
(b) The word is ‘proud’.
© The above description of the house shows that she is proud to belong to such a rich family.