Answer:
The speaker returned to find Sam McGee alive and smiling.
Explanation:
The Cremation of Sam McGee is a poem written by Robert.
It is the story told by the poem speaker about a cold winter trip during the Klondike Gold Rush in Yukon, Canada. The speaker narrates a story of his friend Sam McGee who freezes to death near Lake Larbege.
Before Sam dies he gives a wish to not be buried out in the cold, he asks to be cremated instead. The speaker agrees and carries his body a long distance looking for where to burn Sam's body.
He finds one and starts the burning process only to find out that Sam was only frozen and is alive and well and only needed a some heat to defrost a little.
The answer is compound. It has more then one subject happening in the situation.
D. Topic sentence
Topic sentences are related to the thesis statement, or main argument of the essay, and are supported throughout body paragraphs.