Which sentence from the story best demonstrates the theme?A. Aiden abhorred public speaking and by the sound of the grouses and moans in the classroom, he was not alone.B. And now, as he stood vacillating on the edge of the coarse, seasoned diving board, it evoked the feeling of gratification that overtook him after he delivered his speech that day.C. He eased backwards, and then taking a forward stride with his left foot, he bounced on the diving board, sprung into the air and, with arms flailing, he plunged into the sapphire water.D. You need to conquer your trepidations and believe in yourself.

Select the correct answer.What theme is common to the two excerpts below? . . . His theory of running until he reached camp and the boys had one flaw in it: he lacked the endurance. Several times he stumbled, and finally he tottered, crumpled up, and fell. When he tried to rise, he failed. He must sit and rest, he decided, and next time he would merely walk and keep on going. As he sat and regained his breath, he noted that he was feeling quite warm and comfortable. He was not shivering, and it even seemed that a warm glow had come to his chest and trunk. And yet, when he touched his nose or cheeks, there was no sensation. Running would not thaw them out. Nor would it thaw out his hands and feet. Then the thought came to him that the frozen portions of his body must be extending. He tried to keep this thought down, to forget it, to think of something else; he was aware of the panicky feeling that it caused, and he was afraid of the panic. But the thought asserted itself, and persisted, until it produced a vision of his body totally frozen.(Jack London, To Build a Fire)Presently the boat also passed to the left of the correspondent with the captain clinging with one hand to the keel. He would have appeared like a man raising himself to look over a board fence, if it were not for the extraordinary gymnastics of the boat. The correspondent marvelled that the captain could still hold to it.They passed on, nearer to shore—the oiler, the cook, the captain—and following them went the water-jar, bouncing gayly over the seas.The correspondent remained in the grip of this strange new enemy—a current. The shore, with its white slope of sand and its green bluff, topped with little silent cottages, was spread like a picture before him. It was very near to him then, but he was impressed as one who in a gallery looks at a scene from Brittany or Algiers.He thought: "I am going to drown? Can it be possible? Can it be possible? Can it be possible?" Perhaps an individual must consider his own death to be the final phenomenon of nature."(Stephen Crane, The Open Boat) A. mysteries of life and death B. finding hope after tragedy C. humanity's helplessness against nature D. finding inner strength E. choosing between security and individualism

Question 11 of 19Read this excerpt from a story:I don't know why everyone was so happy when we reached the top of the mountain. It only took us four hours to hike up there. And I'm still not sure why everyone was amazed as we looked down. I mean, it was only the most spectacular view I'd ever seen in my life.Which statement best describes the narrator's point of view in this excerpt?A.He was bored by everything that happened on the hike.B.He was sorry he agreed to the hike up the mountain.C.He was in awe of what he saw from the top of the mountain.D.He was in a state of panic because he was up so high.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

The author's use of vivid imagery in the paragraph (3), such as "curl up in a ball and cry" and"jump up and down with joy", greatly affects the reader because _____

Complete the sentence appropriately.The author's use of vivid imagery in the paragraph (3), such as "curl up in a ball and cry" and"jump up and down with joy", greatly affects the reader because ____________.

Complete the sentence appropriately.The author's use of vivid imagery in the paragraph (3), such as "curl up in a ball and cry" and"jump up and down with joy", greatly affects the reader because