There is raining butterflies everywhere!
A gerund may function as a: subject complement, subject, object of preposition, and direct object.
Answers: B), D), E) and F)
1. the step sisters always thought they were better than cinderella, therefore they put her down.
2. The stepmother wanted one of her daughters to marry the prince, so she hated cinderella, especially since she escaped and went to the ball
Unfortunately, you haven't shared any options so that someone could pick the right one, but I think that my answer should be acceptable. While reading this excerpt, I felt like there is somessing missing in author's life, he mises his childhood. According to this, I can say that the <span>word which describes the tone in this excerpt in the best way is - NOSTALGIA.
Hope that heps!</span>
"Jerry feels pressure to prove himself to the locals in the foreign place so that he might fit in" (B)