parallelism is the use of verbs that correspond to one another. In this case, droop, wander and softened. if im right it should be b i had the same test
The question is asking which answer choice DOES NOT make sense about a theme of a story.
You could use choice A, C, and D as definitions for theme. So your answer that does not fit is B.
Answer = B. The theme of a short story is the plot- the actions that lead up to the story's resolution.
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Answer and Explanation:
Mrs. Mallard is the main character in Kate Chopin's short story "The Story of an Hour". Louise Mallard has always been a fragile woman whose heart condition may kill her in case she is surprised or shocked. In addition, she has always been a subservient wife, constantly attached and dependent on her husband.
However, something changes inside her when she is told the news of her husband's death. Mrs. Mallard locks herself up in her room to mourn the loss but, while in there, she looks out her open window:
<em>She could see in the open square before her house the tops of trees that were all aquiver with the new spring life. The delicious breath of rain was in the air. In the street below a peddler was crying his wares. The notes of a distant song which some one was singing reached her faintly, and countless sparrows were twittering in the eaves.
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<em>There were patches of blue sky showing here and there through the clouds that had met and piled one above the other in the west facing her window.</em>
<u>The natural setting outside the window represents the new life and spirit Mrs. Mallard is about to discover. The smell of rain, the patches of blue sky here and there, the distant song, they all evoke her own mental state. They all represent the happiness of finding herself free. Spring, specially, always evokes the start of something new - a new chance, a new life. Mrs. Mallard realizes that, without her husband, there is nothing holding her down. She is finally liberated to be herself, to do as she wishes.</u>
Answer:
The answer is B: Scientists are confused by the different ways the rocks move, and the theories involving wind, ice, and mud have not been proven.
Explanation:
In the second paragraph, it is said that scientists have been baffled by the variety of rock movement. Then, there was a description of their movement and some possible reasons for why it happens. Some of the reasons(wind, ice and mud) were suggested by scientists. The paragraph then ends by saying that none of the theories have been confirmed by research.
This is conveyed very well by option B therefore it the correct option as the main idea of the paragraph.
