Authors create tension in a story so the reader will be wondering what's going to happen, and might relate more to the story depending on where the tension is. If it's between two characters, or if the author will have one characters POV (point of view) about to have something really bad/good happen, and then change to a different POV so the reader keeps wondering what's going to happen, until it changes to the other POV again.
Answer:
A) Peat
Explanation:
peat is dead plants that accumulates in swamp areas.
The narrator of the story wants the ship to end by being destroyed in a battle or storm, instead of being completely dismantled and turned into scrap metal.
It was when Beowulf and Unferth had a conversation. Unferth questions Beowulf’s capabilities when
he mentions the swimming contest that he lost to Brecca. Beowulf counters by saying that he was blown
off by storm and had to fight monsters.
He was making a statement that he was more than prepared to meet and
defeat Grendel.
The answer is B. Tan is presenting the example <em>"limited English"</em>, which is just <em>one of many</em> other terms she heard before, to express how bad they seem. Because, when people deem those whose knowledge of the Mother Tongue <em>is not as the native speaker</em>, therefore is limited, they are defining everything as limited, even their speaking perceptions.