It is D.
“Now the thing to do,” he went on, “is to try to forget it and go on being a man.”
^that is the excerpt from the story.
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Answer:
D). The passage fails to make a debatable claim.
Explanation:
The key weakness of the given passage is that 'it fails to establish a debatable claim.' A claim is characterized as debatable when the readers could reasonably argue on different opinions regarding it but here the 'claim regarding the presence of gothic elements' in Hawthorne's 'Scarlett Letter' and Herman Melville's 'Moby-D' is already agreed upon and accepted as a fact. Thus, <u>there remains no point in persuading the readers' to believe in it by comparing the two</u>. Another weakness of this passage is that the evidence presented here fails to support the claim. Thus, <u>option D</u> is the correct answer.
This is an example of an atomic structure. Hope this helps!
Answer:
His friends love of practical jokes makes him paranoid that they are planning one at his expense.
Explanation:
