If the excerpt is David Foster Wallace's <em>Infinite Jest</em>, the answer should be A.
Southern Gothic genre does not have a light or positive mood, nor are there themes about the goodness in humanity The stories are sometimes written in first person but not a predominant mode. The answer is the Southern Gothic tradition is about characters who are deeply flawed. They are usually
metntally, or morally 'off'. Even the so called 'innocents' dealt with in this type of writing, usually has some type of deeply imbeded flaw.
People were terrified of her dog because his fluffy coat made him look enormous, but he was really just enthusiastic rather than <u>(A) aggressive.</u>
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- Unless you are anthropomorphizing, just one of these adjectives—aggressive—would you likely choose to describe a dog (attirbuting human characteristics to animals or objects).
- If I used the word assertive in relation to a dog, it would probably be used as a close synonym for enthusiastic (note that I have never heard it done and cannot see doing it myself).
- An aggressive dog is undoubtedly one that is prepared to fight.
<u>Aggressive.</u>
- When a person is focused, resolute, and unafraid to express their wants, they are said to be assertive.
- When you are unwilling to smile at someone, you are described as sullen. It is simply impossible in this situation.
- When someone is rude and in a poor mood, they employ the word "surly," which is not.
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